Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) tweeted at conservative Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to take down what he called an “antisemitic, disgusting dangerous post” on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that accuses Congress of supporting Zionism.
Schumer reacted to Massie’s post, which used a popular meme format to depict rapper Drake recoiling at the bolded text “American Patriotism” and nodding approvingly at “Zionism.” Superimposed over Drake’s image is “Congress these days.”
“Rep. Massie, you’re a sitting Member of Congress. This is antisemitic, disgusting, dangerous, and exactly the type of thing I was talking about it my Senate address. Take this down,” Schumer wrote in a repost of Massie’s meme on X.
Schumer is the first Jewish Senate majority leader and the highest ranking Jewish congressional leader in American history.
The dustup with Massie comes a few days after Schumer delivered a major address on the Senate floor denouncing the rise of antisemitism in America.
“Jewish Americans represent 2 percent of the U.S. population, yet we are the targets of 55 percent of all religion-based hate crimes recorded by the FBI. This problem has been steadily worsening in recent years,” he warned.
Massie said in another post on X that he would vote against a House resolution condemning the rise of antisemitism in America, but argued that doesn’t mean he’s an antisemite.
“Anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitism,” he claimed in the post.
Matt Brooks, the CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, however, also accused Massie of antisemitism. “Let me be crystal clear on this. This post is antisemitic. Plain and simple,” he posted on X.