Posts tagged Ohio
Antisemitic Signs Continue to Appear at Anti-Lockdown Protests Organized by Far-Right Extremists

Republican politicians have praised these “Reopen” protests from the start, and continue to do so even as the involvement of antisemitic and white nationalist groups grows — from overtly antisemitic signs, to the presence of the Proud Boys, to the involvement of people who attended Unite The Right in Charlottesville in 2017, to messaging comparing Democratic governors to Hitler and stay-at-home orders to Nazi takeovers.

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Racist & Antisemitic Advertisements from House GOP Campaign Arm

The day after the Pittsburgh shooting, and one week after a bomb sent to George Soros was intercepted, then-NRCC Chairman Rep. Steve Stiver (R-OH) defends an antisemitic advertisement that depicted a Jewish Congressional candidate surrounded by piles of cash and accused Soros of bankrolling “left-wing mobs paid to riot in the street.” When asked if he thinks it has anything to do with violence against Soros, (who the ad accuses of funding violence), he responds, “It’s a factual ad. It has nothing to do with calling for violence.”

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