Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Opposing The Nomination Of Jeremy Carl Following His Record Of Racist And Antisemitic Rhetoric

Washington, D.C. - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today spoke on the Senate floor to oppose the nomination of Jeremy Carl for Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, citing Carl's long history of racist, white supremacist, and antisemitic views. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

This week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hear testimony from Jeremy Carl, Donald Trump's nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. To call Jeremy Carl a radical and a bigot and unqualified is all far too kind. Jeremy Carl has a long history of making violent, antisemitic, and openly racist comments in podcasts and on social media, which recently he's tried frantically to erase.

Of his political opponents he once said, "there is no 'peaceful coexistence'…we either win or die." He's called Juneteenth a "race hustling and white shaming" holiday, and that "if you're a white person celebrating Juneteenth, you've already surrendered." Can you believe a guy would say this?

He said that "Jews often love to play the victim." And on a podcast a few years ago he added "throughout history, Jews chose some professions that made them more oppressive and they can't be surprised that the average descendants of Cossack peasants would be resentful towards them." Can you believe this? What stereotypical garbage. On the Holocaust, Jeremy Carl simply says: "everyone has traumas in their past." In other words, get over it. That's vile.

Jeremy Carl's long history of racist, white supremacist, and antisemitic views plainly disqualifies him from serving in a senior diplomatic role at the Department of State. No person who thinks Jews should get over the Holocaust and spreads pernicious Jewish stereotypes can claim to have the character or judgment necessary to serve as a diplomat for this country. Jeremy Carl's nomination should go no further after this week, and he should be forced to answer during testimony for his long history of violent, racist, and antisemitic rhetoric.

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