Jonathan Chait
Role at the time: Political writer, The Atlantic
Condemned
Response to this claim
Piker’s wording functioned as an implied threat against American Jews.
“a barely veiled anti-Semitic threat”
Open source (opens in a new tab)The Left’s Antisemitism Problem Is Getting WorseOpening paragraphs
Chait argues that Piker’s wording should be understood as an implied threat, not merely a prediction about antisemitism.
Why we used this label
The quoted phrase explicitly characterizes the remarks as both antisemitic and threatening.