Mike Huckabee, a right-wing pundit and the former Governor of Arkansas, attacks HIAS, the Jewish organization whose work was named and attacked by the white nationalist who murdered eleven Jews in 2018 in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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Jewish activists interrupt Trump’s speech at a rally in Pittsburgh. He gives a wink and a nod to the crowd, telling supporters, “don’t hurt them.”
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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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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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