OC Weekly – Dana Watch: Say Goodnight, Gracey

Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, blasted the Rohrabacher endorsement Sept. 21 as well as the congressman’s cozy ties to alt-right blogger and Holocaust minimizer Charles Johnson, who has given the maximum individual donation to the politician’s re-election campaign. “This is not the first time that Representative Rohrabacher has aligned himself with those who deny the Holocaust, perpetuate racism and anti-Semitism, or align with the alt-right,” says Soifer in a statement. “These associations, combined with Rohrabacher’s deeply troubling ties with the Russian government, compel us to call on the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) to repudiate Rohrabacher’s candidacy for Congress. Furthermore, we call on the RJC to endorse Rohrabacher’s opponent, Harley Rouda, who we believe will represent Jewish and Democratic values in Congress.”