Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) Uses Jews as a Political Tool to Attack Black Lives Matter
Sen. Kelly Loeffler made media rounds and posted on her Twitter, accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of antisemitism. Loeffler, who was sworn into the U.S. Senate on January 6, 2020, had expressed no concern about antisemitism while in office until doing so was politically expedient.
On July 8, 2020, she began falsely accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of antisemitism. Two days later, she went on Tucker Carlson Tonight — a show that serves as one of the most mainstream and loudest broadcasters of white nationalist rhetoric — to repeat these specious charges:
Not only is Loeffler reducing Jews to a political tool; she is also putting Jews in the stereotypical “middleman” position, using Jews to attack a powerful Black-led movement for liberation. Attempting to divide Jewish and Black communities (note: these communities are not mutually exclusive) is anti-Black and antisemitic.
Loeffler made headlines in April 2020 when she was exposed and investigated for selling over $18 million of stocks the same day she received a private briefing about COVID-19.