Vice President Kamala Harris appointed the Rev. Jen Butler as her campaign's new director of “faith outreach” amid criticism from Jews unhappy with Butler's extreme anti-Israel views and past support for anti-Semite Linda Sarsour.
Watchdog group StopAntisemitism posted its concerns on social media on Thursday.
StopAntisemitism is deeply concerned by Vice President Kamala Harris's hiring of highly controversial anti-Semitic Rev. Jen Butler to spearhead the faith outreach efforts of the Harris-Waltz campaign.
Butler is a long-time supporter of Jew-hater Linda Sarsour and a promoter of the false “Jesus was…” claim. pic.twitter.com/PXZxn1L4pN
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) Stop Antisemitism August 29, 2024
Butler removed some of her older posts but not others praising other Harris hires, including Jewish Affairs Director Ilan Goldenberg, who has led the effort on sanctions against Israel, and Muslim Affairs Director Nasrina Barji, who has taken rabid anti-Israel positions and rejected the idea that violent anti-Israel protests on campus are anti-Semitic.
of #HarrisWaltz2024 The campaign is preparing to bring together some of the most influential figures to carry out faith outreach activities. Today, they are translation: In order to reach out to Jewish voters, Nasrina Barji works to reach out to Muslim and Arab voters. Both are seasoned experts on the Middle East, especially on Israel and peace.
— Rev. Jen Butler (@RevJenButler) August 13, 2024
Other Jewish critics have also sounded the alarm.
The PCUSA, of which Butler is a member, voted in July to withdraw from State of Israel bonds. https://t.co/oj4L5SsfbH
— Melissa Brownstein (@slowhoneybee) August 29, 2024
Butler continues the Harris campaign's anti-Israel and even anti-Semitic hiring spree.
She also holds other extreme views and is a veteran of radical protest movements. Arrested During a protest at the Capitol in 2017 against Republican legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. (Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., helped defeat the bill.)
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