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JTA: Anti-Semitic fliers at University of Minnesota blame Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer for gun control

March 21, 2018

Fliers posted on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota blamed Jewish politicians for gun control efforts.

Headlined “Why Are Jews After Our Guns,” the fliers blamed Jewish politicians for attacks on “our beloved 2nd Amendment,” the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

The fliers listed Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and other prominent Jewish politicians. It also showed images of the yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear in the Nazi concentration camps as well as caricatures of hook-nosed men with long beards.

The fliers said they were “brought to you” by the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.