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7. Kevin McCarthy's antisemitic tweet

Wed Jan 18, 2023, 02:31 PM

Jan 2023

Current speaker of the house, Kevin McCarthy, sent out an antisemitic tweet during one mid-term

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/13/kevin-mccarthy-anti-semitism-1168809

He denied it was antisemitic.

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Antisemitism has spiked. The cause is no mystery. [View all] Mosby Jan 2023 OP

I don't remember reading about Brian Epstein... Omnipresent Jan 2023 #1

My parents lived thru WW2 Germany Woodswalker Jan 2023 #2

It has not spiked. Republican silence is a big part of why it has not fallen Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2023 #3

"Spiked" is the correct term. Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #10

Jump, RISE, increase, uptick, increment, surge, escalation, gain, upturn: Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2023 #11

And yet... Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #13

More people would confront it if Republican leadership confronted it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2023 #12

This really pisses me off. Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #5

Qanon conspiracies are mostly old anti-Jewish propaganda IronLionZion Jan 2023 #6

Kevin McCarthy's antisemitic tweet bmichaelh Jan 2023 #7

I for one could never figure out Butterflylady Jan 2023 #8

How can a Jew be a republican? Behind the Aegis Jan 2023 #9