Breitbart Throws a Fit Over GOP Rep. Thomas Massie Sharing 'Anti-Semitic Meme'

Absolutely nothing produces votes in the US Congress this reliably lopsided and bipartisan like votes on Israel.

Virtually every time there's a bill or resolution intended to be pro-Israel - including US paying for its wars - the margin is something like 311-14. https://t.co/GwVetbWUot

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 5, 2023

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— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 5, 2023

Rep. Massie, you’re a sitting Member of Congress.

This is antisemitic, disgusting, dangerous, and exactly the type of thing I was talking about in my Senate address.

Take this down. https://t.co/jVX0NMdISI

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 5, 2023

If only you cared half as much about our border as you do my tweets. https://t.co/8lj2gheBRL

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 5, 2023

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted an antisemitic meme on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday, claiming that "Congress these days" had rejected "American Patriotism" in favor of "Zionism."

The meme, which borrows images from the video for "Hotline Bling" by Drake, is commonly used to mock hypocrisy.

The idea that "Zionism" and "American Patriotism" are contradictory is a common theme on the antisemitic far-right.

Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have the right to a state in their historic and spiritual homeland of Israel. Since the late 19th century, antisemites have used the idea of "Zion" to suggest Jewish control and manipulation of world governments.

That, for example, is the theme of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an antisemitic forgery distributed by the Russian imperial state that spread throughout Europe before the Nazi era, and which remains widely distributed in the Arab world today.

[...] Massie posted the meme as the House was holding hearings about antisemitism on college campuses, which has flared since the Palestinian terror group Hamas carried out a devastating terror attack against Israel on October 7 that killed 1,200 people.

Massie has been under attack from pro-Israel groups after voting against funding for Israel, ostensibly on budgetary and foreign policy grounds. He appears to have taken that argument to a completely different place with his antisemitic post.

Let me be crystal clear on this. This post is antisemetic. Plain and simple. Shame on you @RepThomasMassie
You’re a disgrace to the US Congress and to the Republican Party. https://t.co/owP4E3ggFN

— Matt Brooks (@mbrooksrjc) December 5, 2023

Suggesting that one cannot both support Israel and be a patriotic American is disgusting and antisemitic.

This language puts Jewish Americans at risk. https://t.co/N40GTzOpV2

— Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen) December 6, 2023

WATCH: GOP Rep. Thomas Massie says AIPAC should have to register as foreign agents under FARA.

"I actually won't accept the premise that AIPAC has the right to interfere in an American election on behalf of a foreign country." pic.twitter.com/G3Rn8uPk1J

— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) December 6, 2023