WATCH: Jewish Senator Shuts Down Anti-Semitic C-SPAN Caller

As John Oliver has repeatedly proven, you have be incredibly patient if you are going to field phone calls live on C-SPAN. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) learned this lesson Wednesday morning when he appeared on Washington Journal to discuss the Iran deal and faced questions about his loyalty to America because of his Jewish faith.

“Mr. Cardin looks like a regular white guy, nice guy, but in actuality he’s a Jewish white guy,” Eric from Georgia said, after imploring the network not to cut him off. “And if the public was informed of that by C-SPAN, I think they would take his comments differently.”

The caller proceeded to suggest that Cardin’s faith was a “conflict of interest” on an issue like Iran. “Because this guy is Jewish, that means that he is concerned about Israel,” he said, implying that an allegiance there would trump his dedication to America’s best interests.

“I’m normally pretty tolerant to people who ask questions, but I’m not to your assumption,” Cardin said. “I take great offense to that. Our loyalty is to America, our concerns are with America, our religion is our personal business and should have nothing to do with an evaluation by anyone as to our objectivity on issues concerning America.”

Watch video below, via C-SPAN:

[h/t The Hill]
[Photo via screengrab]

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