Overview
- An Axios review documented dozens of messages to Jewish members of Congress with explicit slurs and death threats, including a caller telling Rep. Max Miller that Jews would be “shot dead every day” and a letter to Rep. Jerry Nadler declaring “Hitler was spot‑on.”
- Rep. Jared Moskowitz called the abuse the “new normal” for Jews in America and released audio of recent voicemails calling for Jews to be killed, saying many Jewish lawmakers now need home security.
- A hard-right PAC backing Rep. Thomas Massie ran an ad targeting Jewish donor Paul Singer with a rainbow Star of David, which Jewish lawmakers called antisemitic, and Massie later framed his race as a test of whether “Israel gets to buy seats in Congress.”
- Sen. Rand Paul’s son, William Paul, launched an antisemitic tirade at Rep. Mike Lawler in a Capitol Hill bar, according to Lawler’s account, then apologized and said he would seek help for drinking.
- Open antisemitism has also surfaced in campaigns, with Texas House candidate Maureen Galindo posting rants about “Jews who own Hollywood” and California gubernatorial hopeful Don Grundmann using the state voter guide to claim non-Jews are “goyim” to be enslaved.