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Times of Israel: Jewish Democrats condemn W. Virginia poster linking Muslim congresswoman to 9/11

March 4, 2019

By Eric Cortellessa

The Jewish Democratic Council of America, which also condemned Omar’s tweets suggesting AIPAC paid politicians to support Israel, also castigated the poster.

“We strongly condemn and disagree with Rep. Omar’s repeated use of anti-Semitic tropes, including her egregious dual loyalty claim earlier this week,” the JDCA said in a statement, referring to her statement from the Town Hall that she wanted to “talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

Some voices, including the JDCA, said that comment amounted to accusing Jewish Americans of being equally loyal to Israel.

“At the same time,” the JDCA statement went on, “we unequivocally condemn bigotry in all its forms, including this Islamophobic attack on Ilhan Omar. Hatred targeting any individual or group must come to an end.”