Ali writes:
“A neighbor in Mount Pleasant found this poster on Irving Street this morning. It is rather disturbing. Does anyone know who is posting these anti-semitic posters?”
Unfortunately these fliers have been posted around D.C. for years.
Samantha also writes:
“This was posted in my neighborhood group. Someone is putting these anti-Semitic fliers up around D.C. Comes on the heels of @councilofdc looking the other way from hate speech.”
Sadly it comes in many forms.
Melissa writes:
“This happened this morning. This sucks so bad, I can’t believe that our council and Bowser won’t stand against this in any definitive way.”
9am today #VoicesWithVision will address #zionism and political persecution of DC council member #TrayonWhite.https://t.co/SzFSH12trd pic.twitter.com/VTnca6gXWf
— Netfa Freeman (@Netfafree) May 1, 2018
Update:
NEW: Josh Lopez has resigned from the DC Housing Authority board, Mayor Bowser’s office says. His resignation follows a “unity rally” he hosted outside of the Wilson Building last week, and less than three months after he was appointed to the board by Bowser with Council approval
— Andrew Giambrone (@AndrewGiambrone) May 1, 2018
Regarding the Council:
On heels of Trayon White and “fake Jew” controversies, @BrianneKNadeau says she and the mayor are coordinating a May 16 event to learn about Jewish and African American histories. “This will be an opportunity for us to move forward,” she says.
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) May 1, 2018
In emotional remarks, @TweetElissa says the city needs to have hard conversations about race, class and bigotry and that an anti-hate speech resolution alone would be “meaningless”
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) May 1, 2018
Also worth noting that @TrayonWhite, whose conspiracy mongering started the anti-Semitism controversy in DC politics and hasn’t said anything about a supporter calling a colleague a “fake Jew,” is the only lawmaker absent from this DC Council breakfast
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) May 1, 2018
“We have to regularly say hate speech is not acceptable in our community,” says Council member @BrianneKNadeau, one of two Jewish members. Interestingly, she and Trayon White were the only lawmakers who declined to comment on our story about the “fake Jews” comments at rally
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) May 1, 2018
