Joy doesn't know whether Ossoff would be the first Jewish Senator.

[milestogo]

Maybe she's out of her depth.

[mucifer]

1. OMG sooo many Jewish senators (I'm Jewish BTW)

[milestogo]

9. Who could forget Joe Lieberman, VP candidate.

At one time my state had two Jewish Senators, Feingold and Kohl.

[choie]

23. uh...Sanders?

[Jamesyu]

2. He would from Georgia

[elleng]

10. Yes

[tinrobot]

3. Joe Lieberman, for one.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. Hopefully she have the new senate majority leader on her show soon

[RANDYWILDMAN]

13. Nice NICE Nice

[choie]

5. a bit

google is your friend, joy

[elleng]

6. from Georgia.

Joy's pretty smart and deep.

[alittlelark]

31. That was my take on it as well

[elleng]

33. Good. Think anyone remembers Abe Ribicoff???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff

[electric_blue68]

42. At the '68 Dem Conversation

Scolding Mayor Daley from the podium...

"And if George McGovern was President - we wouldn't have Gestopo tatics....


... on the streets of Chicago!"




(from memory)

[elleng]

44. THANKS, electric!

I was there! (in Chicago, NOT @ the event.) And then helped get folks out of the Cook County Jail.

[electric_blue68]

45. Wow! Look at you! Good for you. 👍

You'll get a laff...

I, myself, was 15 on family vacation .
Every night we'd go to dinner and then return...



...to watch the Democratic Convention! 😄
(Who does that?!)


Liberal parents with a politically jazzed up daughter, and her ❤️ younger sister (following, too 🙂 )

[elleng]

46. Who does this? Returned from family vacay in BERMUDA

to not miss the 'great' Chicago blow-out!!!

[electric_blue68]

47. Woah!

[elleng]

49. Family thought I was nuts, of course,

but ultimately contributed by my 'career!'

[madaboutharry]

7. Maybe she meant from Georgia.

[Skittles]

38. I hope so

because otherwise, that ain't good

[Klaralven]

8. Schumer?

[GreenEyedLefty]

11. I counted at least 9 currently serving Jewish Senators

[tavernier]

12. Schumer is, no?

[mucifer]

26. Franken, Feinstein, Boxer I know there are so many more I can't think of right now it's late

[unblock]

14. That would be David levy yulee of Florida, 1845:

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/david-levy-yulee

[Silver Gaia]

28. Here's the whole list from them:

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-senators-in-the-united-states

[TwilightZone]

15. Hey, it was only 175 years ago. Give her a break.

[StClone]

16. Russ Feingold

[TwilightZone]

17. As others have noted, she probably meant from Georgia.

[StarfishSaver]

18. She meant she didn't know if he was the first Jewish senator from Georgia

[hlthe2b]

19. I think she's tired (or giddy or stressed). She surely knows better.

[milestogo]

20. Current US Senators who are Jewish (Democrats)

Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)*
Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-members-of-the-116th-congress

[JI7]

21. She probably meant from Georgia

[Polybius]

22. She should have been corrected immediately

Why didn't Rachel immediately say "Hello! Diane Feinstein? Chuck Schumer? Norm Coleman? Barbara Boxer?" And probably Amy Klobo (sorry, can't spell it lol) too.

[AngryOldDem]

24. Abraham Ribicoff

Kind of surprised she said this, but there’s a lot going on.

[elleng]

34. THANKS!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff

[58Sunliner]

25. Oops.

[BainsBane]

27. She isn't out of her depth

She just doesn't know who is Jewish.

[yardwork]

29. For real? She didn't really say that?!

[exboyfil]

30. Judah P. Benjamin

Of course he turned out to be a traitor. He was the first Jewish Senator who had not renounced his faith.

He was also the Confederacy's Secretary of State and War as well as Attorney General at different times (pretty impressive for four years).

[Orangepeel]

32. She clearly meant from Georgia because she said Warnock would be the first Black senator from Georgi

[progressoid]

36. "Maybe she's out of her depth."

Understatement of the day.

[MoonchildCA]

37. Shumer, Feinstein, Boxer... just off the top of my head

[Baitball Blogger]

39. She probably means from Georgia.

Warnock will be the first black Senator...from Georgia.

[Celerity]

40. Ossoff will be the 37th Jewish Senator in US history, 10 at present with him as the 10th

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress

David Levy Yulee
Judah P Benjamin
Benjamin F. Jonas
Joseph Simon
Isidor Rayner
Simon Guggenheim
Herbert Lehman
Richard Lewis Neuberger
Jacob Javits
Ernest Gruening
Abraham Ribicoff
Howard Metzenbaum
Dick Stone
Edward Zorinsky
Rudy Boschwitz
Carl Levin
Warren Rudman
Arlen Specter
Frank Lautenberg
Chic Hecht
Herb Kohl
Joe Lieberman
Paul Wellstone
Dianne Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
Russ Feingold
Ron Wyden
Chuck Schumer
Norm Coleman
Ben Cardin
Bernie Sanders
Al Franken
Michael Bennet
Richard Blumenthal
Brian Schatz
Jacky Rosen

[uponit7771]

41. She meant from Georgia and you could tell by the context of here conversation, You know that. Why?

... never mind

[dsc]

43. to be fair I am sure she meant from GA

and honestly I am unsure if he would or wouldn't be. The very first Jewish senator ever was from LA and served in Congress with Lincoln.