Cultists Spread Anti-Semitic Lies About FEMA Response

The Washington Post reports:

Top officials in North Carolina and at the Federal Emergency Management Agency responding to Helene are being subjected to a flurry of antisemitic attacks, causing some of them to fear for their safety as they prepare for another hurricane to strike Florida. The attacks, which include wild claims that Jewish officials are conspiring to orchestrate the disasters, sabotage the recovery or even seize victims’ property, are being fomented largely on Elon Musk’s X.

The posts collectively attracted 159 million views, even though their claims were thoroughly debunked by local residents, FEMA, the White House and other government officials. Ten of the posts contained antisemitic sentiments and collectively drew 17.1 million views. The report noted that antisemitic sentiments were largely directed at three individual officials: FEMA director of public affairs Jaclyn Rothenberg, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Asheville, N.C., Mayor Esther Manheimer

Read the full article. There’s much more. An extensive report from an anti-hate watchdog group is here.

To my fellow Jewish Americans:
If you are wondering what “she is” that this widely retweeted MAGA account was highlighting – she is Jewish. If you support Trump, these are the people you are getting into bed with. You are siding with the ugliest anti-Semites in our country. pic.twitter.com/THnBs15AaO

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 4, 2024

Stew Peters and Anastasia Maria Loupis have gone from blaming Jews for causing Hurricane Helene to blaming Jews for the response to the hurricane. pic.twitter.com/Z0ktBsBnxI

— John Bye (@_johnbye) October 6, 2024