It didn't take long for things to shift, though. In fact, all it took was some whiney staffers and some Muslim activists crying about their supposed lack of representation in policy decisions. Soon enough, the State Department was holding "listening sessions," coddling those who would have Hamas survive and another inevitable attack occur.

That was just the beginning, though. On Wednesday, despite attacks on Jews being nearly the entirety of the recent rise in hate crimes, Vice President Kamala Harris put out an administration directive. What was it focused on? Supposed 'Islamophobia." 

Taking on hate is a national priority.

Today, @POTUS and I are announcing the country's first National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.

This action is the latest step forward in our work to combat a surge of hate in America. pic.twitter.com/pxZAn7RymY

— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) November 1, 2023

She continued, "For too long, Muslims in America, and those perceived to be Muslim, such as Arabs and Sikhs, have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks and other discriminatory incidents." 

It's not clear where the White House is getting the data to back up this "disproportionate" claim, but their own Department of Justice reported that less than 10 percent of religiously motivated hate crimes in 2022 were anti-Muslim in nature. And, again, that compares to the 51.4 percent of hate crimes there were committed against Jews.

As my colleague Teri Christopher points out, there is no empirical data to show that Muslims absorb a "disproportionate" amount of "hate-fueled attacks and other discriminatory incidents." In fact, as one of my previous write-ups noted, anti-Muslim hate crimes barely register above anti-Catholic hate crimes. Are we going to get an administration directive on the latter? Of course, not.

So what's this really about? It's about shutting you up. It's about making your criticism of those who are marching in the streets, shouting for genocide and openly supporting the goals of Hamas, a form of "bigotry." It's about making sure that you don't dare point out the realities of the Muslim world and the murderous tyranny that so often spawns from it. To do that would be "Islamophobia." 

Further, it's about trying to draw a false equivalency between antisemitism, which is actually statistically prevalent, and anti-Muslim attacks, which are exceedingly rare. The truth is that far too often, Islam promotes the hatred of Jews (and Christians for that matter). It should not be taboo to point that out and denounce it. Speaking the truth should not be suppressed over unsupported fears of some nebulous "anti-Muslim" backlash.

Over a thousand people were just murdered by Islamic fundamentalists whose own charter calls for the extermination of the Jews. The idea that this is the time to tackle "Islamophobia" is ludicrous. I'd tell Joe Biden and Harris to read the room, but that would be a futile suggestion. The administration is weak and listless, pulled in whatever direction their far-left supporters choose. They couldn't even manage to go a few weeks without completely caving on an issue this black and white. 

That's a commentary on their broader failures. When you stand for nothing as a leader, falling is the default. We've seen it with the border crisis and the economy. Biden would rather be beholden to a relatively small majority of radical voices than actually improve the nation, and like with the border, this recent about-face to pander to Muslims is deeply cynical. It seeks to ignore true suffering in the name of trying to preserve a voting bloc for purely electoral reasons, specifically in states like Michigan and Pennsylvania. 

Finally, it's just immoral, and that's been a running theme for this administration since it took office.