DoD deputy press secretary faces backlash from Jewish groups over online post

By Jenny Goldsberry

Published March 6, 2025 3:40pm ET

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DoD deputy press secretary faces backlash from Jewish groups over online post — The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone, Oct. 16, 2023, in Sydney. The social media platform X says it will now allow people to show consensual adult content, as long as it is clearly labeled as such. The move formalizes a policy already in place when the platform was known as Twitter, before billionaire Elon Musk purchased it in 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Defense Department deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is under fire online over a post she wrote on X last year.

Watchdogs against antisemitism are on high alert after a year that saw many antisemitic protests and online posts go unpunished. As a result, the Trump administration has increased its efforts to combat discrimination with an executive order. However, the administration’s recent hire is now facing allegations of antisemitism herself.

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