{"id":538419,"date":"2021-05-24T12:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538419"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:50:23","slug":"schumer-pelosi-slow-to-condemn-anti-semitic-hate-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-pelosi-slow-to-condemn-anti-semitic-hate-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer, Pelosi Slow To Condemn Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-pelosi-slow-to-condemn-anti-semitic-hate-crimes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Alex-WongGetty-Images-21231-e1597072649606.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer were slow to condemn the recent spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes, with Pelosi waiting until Monday to issue a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi tweeted Monday morning that the spike in hate crimes around the nation and worldwide is \u201chorrific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent spike in antisemitic attacks against Jews around the country and the world is horrific, heartbreaking &amp; demands action,\u201d Pelosi tweeted. \u201cAntisemitism cannot be tolerated. We must come together as Americans to condemn and combat this appalling bigotry and hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.564356435644\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The recent spike in antisemitic attacks against Jews around the country and the world is horrific, heartbreaking &amp; demands action. Antisemitism cannot be tolerated. We must come together as Americans to condemn and combat this appalling bigotry and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1396839009666707458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to taking a stance against anti-Semitism, Pelosi tweeted about a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1396824676337438723?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national paid family and medical leave program<\/a>, her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1395550350682337282?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meeting<\/a> with President of South Korea Moon Jae-In, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1395484578396184580?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jan. 6 Capitol Riot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer came out against the attacks twice: once <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1395884368867037185?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friday<\/a> and once again late Sunday evening, calling on Americans to \u201cstand together to stop the recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.090909090909\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We must stand together to stop the recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>We must stand together against the forces of hate.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-Semitism, bigotry, and intolerance have no place in New York or anywhere else.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pV2aO4J7oQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/pV2aO4J7oQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1396637887463137281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnti-Semitism, bigotry, and intolerance have no place in New York or anywhere else,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/ben-smith\/2010\/04\/schumer-obamas-counter-productive-israel-policy-has-to-stop-026564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">self-proclaimed<\/a> \u2018Shomer,\u2019 which means \u2018guardian\u2019 in Hebrew, spent the past several days tweeting about a myriad of subjects despite the ongoing hate crimes. In fact, Schumer actually visited the site of one of the anti-Semitic attacks to speak about bringing New York theaters back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.495750708215\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re here in Times Square to say:<\/p>\n<p>Broadway will be back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud we delivered billions to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveOurStages?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveOurStages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>$16 billion is soon ON THE WAY to the NY theater district, to our theater industry across America, to live venues, to cultural institutions like comedy clubs, and more! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oEiG3Tq26w\">pic.twitter.com\/oEiG3Tq26w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1395815494368862208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schumer also tweeted about the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1395793973722091520?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">student debt crisis<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1395550136575700994?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jan. 6 Capitol Riot<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1395478394633080833?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marijuana<\/a>&nbsp;before making any mention on his Twitter of the anti-Semitic hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as Schumer and Pelosi were tweeting about the Capitol Riot among other things, pro-Palestinian individuals were assaulting and attacking Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed in a statement to the Daily Caller that they responded to a call regarding a hate crime on May 17. Video footage appears to show an Orthodox Jewish man running for his life as two cars chase him through the parking lot. One video taken from the point of view of one of the pro-Palestinian protesters is captioned \u201cThis Zionist flipped us off for supporting Palestine. We went after him. Y\u2019all some big ass p**sys bitches. You can run but you can\u2019t hide.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.489296636086\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">???? UPDATE: Some LA Jewish community leaders are trying to get more information about this disturbing video which is being shared on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>It appears to show an Orthodox Jew being chased by two cars from the pro-Palestinian caravan above.<\/p>\n<p>6\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EKZokNJNRe\">pic.twitter.com\/EKZokNJNRe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sia Kordestani ???? (@SiaKordestani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1394921397630115842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6906077348066\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">???? More EVIDENCE this time shared by the perpetrators themselves, along with security footage:<\/p>\n<p>13\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVtzEfnyWH\">pic.twitter.com\/oVtzEfnyWH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sia Kordestani ???? (@SiaKordestani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1395140735272308736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The LAPD responded to a call of an \u201cassault with a deadly weapon\u201d just one day later after Jewish diners were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/los-angeles-jewish-anti-semitic-attack-pro-palestine-mob-twitter-sushi-fumi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allegedly<\/a> attacked by a pro-Palestine mob. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/23\/jewish-boys-assaulted-brooklyn-pro-palestinian-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: 2 Jewish Boys Beaten After Refusing To Repeat \u2018Anti-Jewish Statements,\u2019 Police Say, Before Rescue By Anonymous Driver)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video footage posted to Twitter appears to show two individuals eating outside of the Sushi Fumi restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. The duo appears to then get attacked by members of the pro-Palestinian group. One victim was hospitalized, and the investigation into the incident remaining ongoing, according to police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.497175141243\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">???????? Tonight pro-Palestinian individuals were driving with megaphones around La Cienega &amp; Beverly (a heavily Jewish area) in Los Angeles and threw objects at Jews at a restaurant table. Some threw things back.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-Palestinian group came to the sidewalk to fight.<\/p>\n<p>1\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rc72JhBPPj\">pic.twitter.com\/rc72JhBPPj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sia Kordestani ???? (@SiaKordestani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1394908745918926849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On May 20, a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/anti-semitic-hate-crime-jewish-man-beat-up-times-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish man was beaten&nbsp;down<\/a> in the middle of Times Square by members of a pro-Palestinian mob. While Pelosi and Schumer were slow to condemn the attacks, others quickly denounced them. Former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords called out the anti-Semitism on May 20, noting her synagogue was vandalized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.483870967742\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yesterday, my synagogue in Tucson was vandalized. It\u2019s heartbreaking to see such a disgusting act in a place where so many are meant to feel safest. Despite these actions, we will not be shaken. Hate has no place in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabbyGiffords\/status\/1395427083615051777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe View\u201d co-host Meghan McCain issued a statement on May 20 addressing the \u201cpure, unadulterated, monstrous evil\u201d of Jewish hate crimes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.3260869565217\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is pure, unadulterated, monstrous evil \u2013 this rhetoric has consequences. Jewish hate crimes are up 438% in a week! This is right in the heart of nyc!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YhEKU25BM5\">https:\/\/t.co\/YhEKU25BM5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1395541460544540676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1395750743932645381?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee Zeldin<\/a> condemned the attacks in a tweet before Pelosi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"14.447852760736\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m unapologetically proud to be American, Jewish, a strong ally of Israel, vocally opposed to antisemitism &amp; BDS, pro-police &amp; an Army vet. I see Jews under attack in NY &amp; cops not set up to best defend them &amp; it only makes me fight harder, speak louder &amp; hold my views stronger.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLeeZeldin\/status\/1396299766988955648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott offered his support to American Jews and denounced the attacks prior to Pelosi, as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.530944625407\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As our Jewish brothers and sisters are attacked in the streets, the silence from many on the Left is deafening. While we may have disagreements on the challenges in the Middle East, we can all agree that it is not a license to attack or harass Jewish Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorTimScott\/status\/1396242207007518729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida also condemned the attacks \u2014 before both Schumer and Pelosi on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6551724137931\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The anti-Semitic violence we\u2019re seeing in the United States and Europe is reprehensible.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/antiSemitism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#antiSemitism<\/a> is being encouraged by radical Islamic terrorists and the angry Left. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRq29RCazb\">pic.twitter.com\/gRq29RCazb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1395768526498107398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.470588235294\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why aren\u2019t we seeing intense media attention, special corporate messaging or congressional democratic outrage over the sudden spike in Anti-Jewish violence in recent days?<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019s being committed by Pro-Palestinian mobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1395724564471164933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer were slow to condemn the recent spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes, with Pelosi waiting until Monday to issue &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312816,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Alex-WongGetty-Images-21231-e1597072649606.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Schumer, Pelosi Slow To Condemn Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Alex-WongGetty-Images-21231-e1597072649606.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Schumer, Pelosi Slow To Condemn Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}