Second gentleman Emhoff at summit on antisemitism: 'We cannot normalize this'

At a White House gathering about the rise of antisemitism and ways to fight it, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president, said, "There is an epidemic of hate facing our country." He later called antisemitism "dangerous," adding, "We cannot normalize this."

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DOUG EMHOFF: There's an epidemic of hate facing our country. We're seeing a rapid rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric and acts. Let me be clear, words matter. People are no longer saying the quiet parts out loud. They are literally screaming them. And I'm in pain right now. We're all in pain right now. Our community is in pain. It hurts. It hurts me to see what we're going through right now, what all people are going through right now.

Anti-Semitism is dangerous. We cannot normalize this. We all have an obligation to condemn these vile acts. We must all. All of us cannot stay silent. And there is no either/or on this one. There's no both sides-ism on this one. There's only one side. Everyone, all of us, must be against this, must be against anti-Semitism.