Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) questioned George Soros’s Jewish ancestry in an unprovoked diatribe on Fox Business. The rant was so offensive that the Fox Business host condemned it.
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In the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, at least six Jewish Democratic candidates faced Republican attack ads showing the candidates clutching piles of cash. Candidates included Chuck Schumer, Matt Lesser, Jessie Kiehl, Josh Lowenthal, Sara Johnson Rothman (whose husband is Jewish. The illustration dropped her maiden name, although she routinely includes it).
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Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) wins his race for U.S. Congress despite being exposed as one of the administrators of a far-right Facebook group that regularly posted white nationalist conspiracy theories.
Read MoreIn Georgia, a racist robocall targeting Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams deploys vicious anti-Black racism and references to “the Jews who own the American media.”
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Trump says he “wouldn’t be surprised” if George Soros is paying immigrants traveling towards the southern border, “a lot of people say yes.” A few days later, he tweeted a video that right-wing pundits widely claimed was evidence that Soros was funding the “migrant caravan.”
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Vice President Pence invites a Messianic “Rabbi” to offer a prayer in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh shooting. This ‘Rabbi’ is not part of the Jewish tradition; he comes from a group of Evangelical Christians who appropriate Jewish practice and seek to convert Jews to their branch of Christianity.
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The day after the Pittsburgh shooting, and one week after a bomb sent to George Soros was intercepted, then-NRCC Chairman Rep. Steve Stiver (R-OH) defends an antisemitic advertisement that depicted a Jewish Congressional candidate surrounded by piles of cash and accused Soros of bankrolling “left-wing mobs paid to riot in the street.” When asked if he thinks it has anything to do with violence against Soros, (who the ad accuses of funding violence), he responds, “It’s a factual ad. It has nothing to do with calling for violence.”
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In the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a white nationalist murders eleven Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, citing a false belief that Jews are bringing immigrants into the country to replace the white Christian population as his inspiration. This lie is called Replacement Theory, and it is regularly promoted in right-wing media and by Republican electeds, many of whom use George Soros as a stand-in for Jews.
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Corey Breier, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Chairman for Jewish Outreach is spotted attending multiple events with members of violent hate group, the Proud Boys.
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tweets, “We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election! Get out and vote Republican November 6th. #MAGA,” one day after authorities intercepted a bomb sent to Soros’s home.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) goes on Fox News to promote the same antisemitic conspiracy theory about George Soros that has motivated white nationalist violence across the country. The same day, a Trump supporter attempts to assassinate Soros with a pipe bomb.
Read MoreA Florida Trump supporter sends a pipe bomb to liberal Jewish donor George Soros. In the following days, the same man mails fifteen other bombs to Democratic politicians, progressive activists, and newsrooms.
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says in an interview, “If we don’t defend Western civilization, then we will become subjugated by the people who are the enemies of faith, the enemies of justice.”
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At a rally in Montana, Donald Trump falsely claims that people protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court are paid by George Soros, promoting an antisemitic trope about Jews conspiring to undermine the government.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee runs an advertisement in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District attacking Democrat Dan Feehan, by claiming George Soros (depicted surrounded by piles of cash) bankrolls not only Feehan but also “left-wing mobs paid to riot in the streets,” as well as referencing Colin Kaepernick.
Read MoreNelson Diaz (Chairman of Miami-Dade County Republicans) and Corey Breier (now-Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Miami-Dade County Jewish Outreach Chairman), join the Proud Boys at a local protest against Democrats. Diaz is filmed banging on a door of the building where the protest is taking place.
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New York State Senator Marty Golden (R) refuses to fire Ian Reilly, a campaign staffer who is also the member of violent hate group the Proud Boys.
Read MoreThe Metropolitan Republican Club hosts Gavin McInnes, founder of the violent hate group the Proud Boys, to speak. After the event, dozens of Proud Boys violently attack several protestors.
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Republican Washington State Rep. Matt Shea hosts far-right writer Alex Newman on his podcast. Newman tells Shea on air that “globalists” who constituted a “deep state behind the deep state” were orchestrating a “war on America...a war on humanity, a war on God,” adding, “We’re not just dealing with people we disagree with politically, we’re dealing with actual evil.” Shea responded that, “a lot of people personify that evil with George Soros, you know, Dr. Evil, he’s the guy.”
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President Trump accuses George Soros of paying women and survivors to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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