Trump Assassination Attempt Trigers Antisemitism

Trump Assassination Attempt Trigers Antisemitism

Trump Assassination Attempt Sparks Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and Violent, “Revenge” Rhetoric
"Jews or Israel are Responsible "
"“JEWS TRY TO ASSASSINATE TRUMP!”"
"The Left or the “Deep State” is Responsible"
"Calls for Violence or a Civil War"
"Unsurprisingly, users throughout white supremacist spaces blamed Jews for the shooting. One user wrote, “Jews have a very long history of political assassination,” and another wrote, “I can't believe it, jews were mad becouse they couldn't beat him with cheats this time lol, Amercia is screwed” [sic].

Antisemitic conspiracy theorist Stew Peters baselessly asserted that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, is among the “early suspects” in the attack. Anti-Zionist activist Sulaiman Ahmed wrote on X, “Opinion: Israel shot Trump to install Nikki Haley.”

White supremacist Nick Fuentes posited two possible theories for the shooting, one claiming that Israeli intelligence carried out the operation to replace Trump with a candidate who would “support Gaza/West Bank Annexation and expansion of the war into Lebanon and Iran.” In a Spaces session on X, Fuentes further expressed his suspicions that Israel was responsible for the shooting because they want a “more favorable advocate in the White House.”

The Left or the “Deep State” is Responsible

Many social media accounts blame “the left” for the shooting. Antisemitic conspiracy theorist Rick Wiles cast aspersions on President Biden, writing in a post on X: “SCOTUS gave total immunity to U.S. Presidents for official acts. The Court heard legal arguments that it included assassination of opponents. We have entered into a dangerous era.”

Meanwhile, conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec responded to the news by writing on X, “These leftists won’t stop until Trump is dead.” Laura Loomer, another conspiracy theorist, echoed this claim, writing that the Democrats and President Biden “have been planning to assassinate President Trump for a long time now.” One media personality wrote on X: “The Dems realized it’s too late to switch out their candidate so they attempted to kill ours instead.”"
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