Political Quotes

“I come to the floor this morning sick to my stomach and profoundly disturbed by pictures that were shared with me this morning of yet another anti- Semitic act in New York. A few hours ago, the director of the Brooklyn Museum and several members of the board of directors had their homes vandalized with revolting anti-Semitic images, with images of fake blood, symbolism used by Hamas. I have a picture of some of the vandalism right here outside the home of one of the directors. This is not New York. This is not America. And we must confront this bigotry and vicious intolerance with courage, with perseverance. Every single American needs to see this. This is the home of a woman on the board of directors. It has her name. It says ``Brooklyn Museum,'' and then it says ``White Supremacist Zionist.'' And her home is smeared with blood. Every single American needs to see these pictures. This is the face of hatred--Jewish Americans made to feel unsafe in their own home just because they are Jewish. This is not even close to free speech. It is intimidation. It is scapegoating. It is dehumanization--invasive attacks loaded with the threat of looming violence. It is vile. It is nasty. It is un-American. And, sadly, this kind of evil is something every Jew on Earth can recognize in an instant. Images like this remind us of evils our families endured for generations, evils that paved the way for unimaginable violence.…”