Fox News’ Outnumbered turned sharply tense Thursday during a discussion about antisemitism, Democratic Socialists, and the growing fight inside the Democratic Party over Israel, Gaza, and the political left’s treatment of Jewish candidates.
Marie Harf, a Fox contributor and former Obama-era State Department spokeswoman, argued that antisemitism must be condemned wherever it appears — but she objected to the idea that criticism of Israel or Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu automatically amounts to hatred of Jews.
That is where the fight began.
Emily Compagno opened by asking Harf whether Democrats were alarmed by antisemitism appearing inside their own party.
Harf responded by framing the issue as part of a broader anti-establishment wave.
“Well, look, I have lots of thoughts on this. First, I would say what we are seeing across the country is an anti-incumbency, anti-establishment movement — people in both parties saying, ‘We want you out, we want new leaders.’ On this issue, look — when it comes to Dan Goldman, he was beaten by a fellow Jewish politician, Brad Lander, who calls himself a liberal Zionist.”
Harf then tried to draw a line between anti-Israel policy criticism and antisemitism.
“He doesn’t support Israel killing civilians in Gaza. He doesn’t support what the Israeli government is doing in the West Bank. But for Dan Goldman to say that is anti-Semitism — look, we are all opposed to anti-Semitism. I’ve worked on this issue for a long time, and we need to call it out when it is there, and there are some Democratic candidates who I think are there, and I really do not want to be part of my party and do not support them.
But someone like Brad Lander — we have to have room in this country to oppose the Netanyahu administration in Israel, to say that Israeli policy is not good, without all being called anti-Semites. And to say that Brad Lander, who is Jewish, who got a lot of the Jewish community to support him in ousting Dan Goldman, is somehow anti-Israel or anti-Semitic — that is a cheap shot. And quite frankly, it weakens the argument when we do call out actual anti-Semitism, of which there is a lot on the right.”
That answer did not satisfy Kayleigh McEnany, who jumped in and pointed to recent incidents involving Democratic Socialist candidates and anti-Israel activism.
McEnany argued that Democrats have a real problem on their hands and cannot wave it away by pointing across the aisle.
“His money was refunded at a coffee shop, my God. He’s calling out anti-Semitism because, you know, he was a victim of it 48 hours ago, and that should be the focus right now.”
McEnany then listed examples she said Democrats need to confront.
“Chevalier — OK, you want to talk about Brad Lander? You know about Chevalier, who, after babies were put in ovens on October 7th, the day after, attended a pro-Palestine rally where there were speakers who attempted to justify October 7th.
Claire Valdez — when they put Goldman on the screen at the victory party, her victory party, the crowd was chanting ‘Free Palestine.’ You need to reckon with this part of your party. I’m going to quote Sarah Forman, a Democratic strategist. She said, ‘This is the version of the Democrats that the voting population of New York wants. We need to stop pretending it is not the case. These are socialists, in most cases anti-Semites.’”
Harf pushed back, asking why Jewish voters would support these candidates if they were truly antisemitic. McEnany answered by warning that socialism and anti-Israel politics are becoming more dominant in Democratic primaries. Then Harf tried to broaden the discussion.
“What about the people on the conservative side expressing hate? They’ve been doing this too — don’t change the subject. We’re talking about the Democrats; call out the Republicans too. This is not a Democratic problem.”
McEnany challenged her directly.
“We don’t have the anti-Semites — two of whom won a primary just Tuesday night. Do you know how many— Name for me the two Republican anti-Semites who won a primary?”
Harf replied:
“I could give you a list of a hundred.”
That is when Harris Faulkner stepped in and the exchange became even more pointed. Faulkner argued that the conversation was not about general political hatred in the abstract. It was about antisemitism happening now, against Jews in America, and whether Democrats are willing to face it when it appears on their side. Harf argued that some voters backing Democratic Socialists also voted for Donald Trump, suggesting the issue may be more about anger at the system than hatred of Jews.
Faulkner was not having it.
“We’re talking about hatred for Jews in this country, okay? And the press, the physical press against them, the threats against them up more than 400 percent in just the last few years. We cannot let that cook. This is 1933, by the way, where you’ve got people who want to go to a business who happen to be Jewish, and they’re being turned away. I remember— and I don’t know if everybody has studied it this much— but that’s really when it started. It didn’t start with killing Jews. It started with— push, please don’t cut me off, because I’m gonna require that you know more than what you’re saying about what they’re going through right now.”
Harf responded:
“I have studied this my entire life. And when Donald Trump—”
Faulkner cut back to the present moment.
“But what are they going through now? This is our moment not to let this happen again.”
Harf answered:
“Then call out anyone who does it. And when Donald Trump says Chuck Schumer is a Palestinian and he’s a bad Jew, call that out too.”
Faulkner insisted the panel was discussing antisemitism inside Harf’s party.
“I’m calling out, on this couch today, the topic that we’re on, is in your party. And instead of you taking responsibility for that, with any kind of idea of how to stop it for— Goldman even was against Trump, but look what happened to him. It happened because he’s Jewish.”
Harf rejected that conclusion.
“It did not happen because he’s Jewish. It happened because he gave a blank check to a right-wing Netanyahu government that is committing genocide in Gaza.”
And there it is. That is the divide.
One side says Democrats are allowing anti-Israel activism to blur into outright hostility toward Jews, especially after October 7. The other side says Republicans are trying to label legitimate criticism of Israeli policy as antisemitism.
But here is the problem Democrats cannot talk their way around, when Jewish candidates are targeted, when crowds chant about Palestine at victory parties after defeating Jewish incumbents, when “anti-Zionism” becomes the convenient vocabulary for something much uglier, the public is not obligated to pretend it does not see the pattern.
The uncomfortable question for Democrats is no longer whether this exists.
It does.
The question is whether party leaders will confront it before voters decide the radicals are no longer the fringe — they are the future.
VIDEO – Harris Faulkner Snaps at Marie Harf over DSA’s Leanings Toward Anti-Semitism: ‘Please, Don’t Cut Me Off’ https://t.co/XeOIpj4RSb
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) June 26, 2026
