Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Republican Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee on Thursday introduced a bill to combat antisemitic hate crimes, with the House minority leader taking aim at the Democratic “Squad” critics of Israel.
“Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Cori Bush irresponsibly tried to delegitimize our closest ally in the region, calling it an ‘apartheid state,’” McCarthy said in a statement. “Within days, this same sentiment of bigotry spilled into several major U.S. cities. Graphic videos showed pro-Hamas mobs intentionally target random Americans simply because they were Jewish.”
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