I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a worse nomination than Mike Huckabee for Ambassador to Israel. The man’s like a walking molotov cocktail, inflammatory and extremely dangerous.

The Senate will hold a confirmation meeting for Huckabee tomorrow and it’s imperative they hear from us. Granted, our many, many calls and emails about other nominations went unheeded as the feckless Democrats rubber stamp the authoritarian agenda, but that doesn’t mean we should stop making noise.

How wrong is Huckabee for the position of Ambassador to Israel? MPower Action just led 65+ progressive, faith, and human rights organizations representing millions of their members across the country, including Justice Democrats, Pax Christi USA, Demand Progress, Our Revolution, and the IfNotNow Movement in a letter to Senators urging opposition to Mike Huckabee’s nomination.¹

MPower Action has the receipts on Mike Huckabee:

In 2008, he denied Palestinian identity altogether, stating, “There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian.”² He has openly pushed racist and exclusionary views, disregarding Palestinian rights by supporting illegal settlements, and justifying Israel’s complete ownership over Palestinian land.

His Islamophobic rhetoric is just as dangerous.

Huckabee has vilified Islam, calling it “a religion that promotes the most murderous mayhem on the planet.”³ His words are not just offensive — they incite discrimination and violence, harming Muslims both in the U.S. and abroad.

PLEASE take two minutes to personalize this email letter to your Senators. Extra credit if you call their offices to say NO TO MIKE HUCKABEE NOMINATION! They’re gone for the day so you won’t run the risk of talking to a person, you can just leave a voice mail. 🙂

Thank you in advance for taking action. Solidarity! ✊🏾

1. 65+ Progressive, Faith, Human Rights Groups Urge Senate to Reject Mike Huckabee’s Nomination for Ambassador to Israel, MPower Change, March 24, 2025.
2. “Factsheet: Mike Huckabee.” Bridge Initiative, November 26, 2024.
3. “Mike Huckabee calls Muslims “uncorked animals.” HuffPost, August 9, 2013.