{"id":9700,"date":"2024-10-10T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?p=9700"},"modified":"2024-10-10T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:03:26","slug":"antisemitic-conspiracies-endanger-public-officials-and-undermine-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/news\/antisemitic-conspiracies-endanger-public-officials-and-undermine-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Antisemitic Conspiracies Endanger Public Officials and Undermine Our Democracy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent days, we have seen yet again the destructive impact of antisemitic conspiracy theories spread by politicians and extremist movements. At a time when public officials are focused on delivering desperately-needed aid to areas of our country heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene <\/span>claimed that Democrats deliberately started Hurricane Helene<\/span><\/a> to target Republican strongholds prior to the election \u2013 and <\/span>once again insinuated that Jews could \u201ccontrol the weather<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A new report<\/span><\/a> has found that public officials involved in hurricane response efforts, and Jewish officials in particular, have faced a deluge of online threats and antisemitic hate during this period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, noted that the surge in malicious conspiracies in the run-up to the upcoming election reflects a broader trend that is deeply dangerous for the Jewish community and other communities and corrosive to democracy:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cAntisemitic conspiracy theories are intended to sow distrust in our government and democracy itself, leading directly to harassment and threats against Jews and ultimately making all of us unsafe. We have seen over and over again how these antisemitic and bigoted attacks target public servants as a means of undercutting our institutions and democracy \u2013 from officials coordinating emergency response efforts, to those supervising and guaranteeing the safe functioning of our elections, to librarians and school board members simply trying to serve their local communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As politicians, social media voices, and others normalize this extremism, we shouldn\u2019t be surprised that it has real world consequences. Threats and harassment are unacceptable – and we have seen repeatedly how they lead to devastating acts of violence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone has an obligation to call out these conspiracies as the bigoted lies that they are. Our safety and our democracy depend on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent days, we have seen yet again the destructive impact of antisemitic conspiracy theories spread by politicians and extremist movements. At a time when public officials are focused on delivering desperately-needed aid to areas of our country heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene and now Hurricane Milton, Rep. 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