Josh Gottheimer calls Piker’s remarks blatantly antisemitic
U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 5th congressional district
“Telling millions of followers that Jewish Americans are bringing violence on themselves is blatantly antisemitic and one of the oldest tropes in the book.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Official congressional release. It identifies Piker’s recent remarks about American Jews and calls for a House vote on a bipartisan resolution. Gottheimer’s quotation calls the remarks antisemitic and addresses support for or campaigning with the named online personalities. The source also mentions Candace Owens; the proposed position is limited to its explicit discussion of Piker. The release supplies a publication date but no time of day.
Before the quotation
The release says Gottheimer is calling for a House vote on a bipartisan resolution and describes Piker’s recent comments as suggesting that American Jews who support Israel are making antisemitism worse and could face action.
After the quotation
The release says the resolution addresses antisemitism and safety online and offline, and says Piker’s comments about Michigan State Senator Jeremy Moss drew bipartisan condemnation. Its stated date is day-level; no time of day is supplied.
How this statement is classified
In an official statement explicitly tied to Piker’s recent remarks about American Jews, Gottheimer calls the description of Jewish Americans “blatantly antisemitic.”
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