Rep. Thomas Massie confronted backlash for his social media publish Tuesday, with some responses calling it antisemitic.
The Kentucky Republican posted a meme on X that joked how Congress feels about American patriotism and Zionism. The publish has the rapper Drake with the phrases “Congress these days” and exhibits him rejecting “American Patriotism” in favor of “Zionism.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, responded by calling the publish antisemitic.
“Rep. Massie, you’re a sitting Member of Congress,” he wrote on X. “This is antisemitic, disgusting, dangerous and exactly the type of thing I was talking about in my Senate address. Take this down.”
White House Deputy Communications Director Herbie Ziskend additionally denounced Mr. Massie’s publish.
“All Americans — including @HouseGOP leadership — should condemn this virulent antisemitism from a sitting member of Congress,” he wrote on X.
Mr. Massie’s publish grabbed the eye of Matthew Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
“Let me be crystal clear on this. This post is antisemitic. Plain and simple. Shame on you @RepThomasMassie,” he wrote on X. “You’re a disgrace to the U.S. Congress and to the Republican Party.”
The Kentucky lawmaker hasn’t deleted the publish and shot again at Mr. Schumer.
“If only you cared half as much about our border as you do my tweets,” he wrote on X.
Zionism is a nationalist motion beginning within the nineteenth century that referred to as for a Jewish homeland, which grew to become Israel.
