Jewish Republican Rep.
Max Miller of Ohio says he received a death threat Thursday just for being a Jewish piece of sh*t, underscoring the growing climate of open hostility toward Jews in American public life.
According to the Daily Caller, the 37-year-old congressman posted an audio recording of the threat on social media shortly after it was made, noting that it came only minutes after the attack on Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, though any direct connection remains unclear. Miller wrote, Every day as a Jewish Member of Congress is another day of receiving these types of threats, a stark reminder that even elected officials are not shielded from the rising tide of antisemitism.
In the recording, the caller seethes, Just for being a Jewish piece of sh*t who thinks he owns the world: I hope some f*cking Arab motherf*cker jumps out of the bushes and cuts off your f*cking head. The language reflects not only raw Jew-hatred but also the casual invocation of political violence that has become disturbingly normalized in some corners of the culture.
Miller, a staunch conservative and vocal supporter of religious liberty, condemned the threat in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation, saying, Threats like this are all too common. America was founded on religious freedom, yet Americans still receive death threats simply for being Jewish.
He added, Antisemitism is vile and has no place in our country. No one should think its acceptable to say something like this to anyone, let alone a Member of Congress, a warning that should trouble anyone who believes in equal protection under the law and the basic civilizational standards that the left too often treats as negotiable.
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