Opinion from ejmontini: The day after the Jewish Community Relations Council called out Mark Finchem for his antisemitism, Finchem denied it, then doubled down on his antisemitism.
Opinion: The day after the Jewish Community Relations Council called out Finchem for his antisemitism, Finchem denied it, then doubled down on his antisemitism.Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state, has claimed again and again and again that rich Jews are financing his opposition.Finchem claims that rich Jews are directing the media.Finchem says, essentially, that if you don’t vote for him, rich Jews will control the government.
In response, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix, tweeted, “@RealMarkFinchem: your reliance on #antisemitic tropes to spearhead your campaign is an embarrassment to the majority of #Arizona residents.”Oath Keeper insurrectionists are not patriotsHe tweeted in response, “Calling out Soros and Bloomberg and their political objectives is not anti-Semitic. This is a political discussion, not a religious one. I love the Jewish people. I do not love Marxists who hate America.
Rogers called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “globalist puppet” of Soros and also shared a picture on social media of herself next to a dead rhino branded with a Star of David.