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Laura Loomer. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

After backlash, Trump campaign no longer looking to hire Laura Loomer

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Former President Donald Trump reportedly directed aides to hire right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer for his presidential campaign. But after a backlash, he changed his mind, according to New York Times reporting. Loomer, 29, who is Jewish, has...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Source: Screenshot.

Jewish groups urge consequences for Reps. Greene, Gosar after addressing conference hosted by anti-Semite

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Jewish organizations are condemning two members of Congress for speaking at a conference held by an organization that has been accused of anti-Semitism. Rep. Marjorie Talyor Greene (R-Ga.) spoke at the American First Political Action...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaking to the House of Representatives ahead of a vote on whether or not to remove her from House committees. Source: Screenshot/C-Span.

Greene publicly apologizes for comparing face masks to Holocaust

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Weeks after comparing the wearing of face masks in the U.S. House of Representatives to the Holocaust in a podcast, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) publicly apologized for her remarks. She did so in front...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Source: Screenshot.

Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader

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The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become the latest leader to condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks that compared wearing masks to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars during...
Then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) speaks on day two of the 2016 RNC, July 19, 2016. Credit: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons.

McCarthy decides not to remove Taylor Greene from House committee assignments

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) issued a statement on Feb. 3 stating that although he condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) past social-media posts, he doesn’t support removing her from her committee assignments. Greene’s comments have...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga). Source: Twitter.

CUFI urges Republicans to reprimand Taylor Greene over anti-Semitic statements

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The lobbying arm of Christians United for Israel, CUFI Action Fund, is calling on Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from committee assignments over her anti-Semitic...
A QAnon sticker on the back of a pickup truck. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The fight against anti-Semitism faces a new enemy: QAnon

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The word QAnon—and the conspiracy theories behind it—keep making headlines of late. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congressional candidate who touts the ideology, won her run-off in Georgia on Aug. 11 and recently got a shout-out by...
Marjorie Taylor Greene. Source: Screenshot.

GOP candidate in Georgia noted for anti-Semitic, racist remarks wins primary

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups slammed the Tuesday victory of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has made anti-Semitic and other racist remarks, in the Republican run-off in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Greene defeated neurosurgeon John Cowan...
Marjorie Taylor Greene. Source: Screenshot.

GOP leaders blast Georgia congressional candidate over anti-Semitic, racist remarks

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Members of Republican congressional leadership have come down hard on a candidate in Georgia Republican primary for making anti-Semitic and other racist remarks. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)...