Rep. Mann Denounces Antisemitic Attacks on House Floor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of two votes in the U.S House of Representatives condemning antisemitism, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) spoke on the U.S. House floor to denounce the recent uptick in antisemitic attacks across the country and reiterate his support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas terrorism. 

Rep. Mann’s Remarks as Prepared:

Mr. Speaker, after decades of pledging “Never Again”, we are watching the vile presence of antisemitism rear its ugly head once again. First, the unthinkable happened several weeks ago here on the streets of the nation’s capital, when two staffers from the Embassy of Israel, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were brutally murdered. Sarah was one of our own: a Kansan, a native of Overland Park, and a proud graduate of the University of Kansas, who cared deeply about the shared human dignity of all people.

And then just days ago, at a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration in Colorado, a Hamas sympathizer threw Molotov cocktails into a crowd and injured more than a dozen people while yelling “Free Palestine”.

Audrey and I are deeply grieved by these senseless antisemitic terror attacks and we continue to lift up the victims, their family, and loved ones in prayer.

Now is not the time to waver in our commitment to Israel or the protection of the humanity of our Jewish neighbors around the world. Now is the time to rededicate ourselves to the God given right to live in peace and safety of Jewish people both in Israel and across the globe. We must condemn terrorism, we must condemn antisemitism, and we must call it out for what it is—pure evil.

Our support for Israel must never waver, and our response to antisemitism must always be clear and immediate.

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