Jewish groups protest as California sends out antisemitic conspiracies in voter guide |
Jewish groups protested to California’s secretary of state this week after her office sent out a guide to voters that included antisemitic conspiracies in a statement from a candidate.
The office of Shirley Weber, California’s secretary of state, started sending out a guide to voters statewide this week with information about the state’s June primaries.
The 64-page booklet, mailed to every household in the state with a registered voter, has information about all the candidates who will appear on ballots and instructions on voting procedures.
The booklet has each candidate’s name, party, and a personal statement.
A fringe candidate for governor, far-right activist Don J. Grundmann, who is not affiliated with any party, submitted a statement rife with antisemitic conspiracies that was included in the guide
The statement says Israel assassinated Charlie Kirk with the knowledge of the US government; Israel murdered US sailors on the USS Liberty in 1967; Israelis perpetrated the 9/11 terror attack; and that Israel plans to “suitcase nuke” the US.
“We are ‘goyim’ (less than human/animals/cattle) that they will enslave,” the statement says. “Talmud — their Bible — says Christ boiling in in [sic] Israel allowed/planned/promoted Hamas attack (they murdered their own people) to justify genocide and steal billion$.”
“Christian Zionism = soul poison. Talmudic ‘Judeo-Christian values’ don’t exist,” the statement said.
The statement includes links to antisemitic, far-right websites. One of the sites is a collection of antisemitic and racist fliers from the Goyim Defense League. Another link in the statement leads to a website for a group called the National Straight Pride Coalition, headed by........