Josh Gottheimer
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 5th congressional district
Statement summary
Gottheimer characterized Piker’s remarks about American Jews as antisemitic and called for a House vote on a bipartisan resolution.
“Telling millions of followers that Jewish Americans are bringing violence on themselves is blatantly antisemitic and one of the oldest tropes in the book.”
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.
Why we used this label
In an official statement explicitly tied to Piker’s recent remarks about American Jews, Gottheimer calls the description of Jewish Americans “blatantly antisemitic.”