The electoral integrity issue isn’t about Israel -- it’s about Islam

More than any political cycle in memory, the 2026 primary campaign season has been marked by frequent, and often hysterical, condemnations of the influence of the so-called “Israel lobby.”

After Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) lost his Republican congressional primary in May, he quipped about the Trumpendorsed former Navy SEAL officer who defeated him: “I would have come out sooner, but I had to ca…