Brooklyn Democratic Leader Under Fire for Sharing Antisemitic Post

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A woman who was elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential Brooklyn Democratic Party has apologized for a social media post from last year that amplified antisemitic comments and conspiracy theories.

Carmella Charrington, whose candidacy was supported by democratic socialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by Henry Ford, the industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country’s problems.

“The only way to change is understanding the truth!” Ms. Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported by Jewish Insider.

Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic and did not intend to amplify the antisemitic sentiments and conspiracy theories espoused by the book or the narrator of the video. She has since deleted the post.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/charrington-ford-jews-antisemitic-apology.html