Rep. Deutch Commemorates Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting, Urges Action to Combat Antisemitism

Statement

Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22), co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism and member of the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, issued the following statement:

"Three years ago today, a white supremacist opened fire on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Three years ago today, 11 worshippers were murdered, not just because they were Jewish, but also because they came to Synagogue on a Shabbat designated to welcome immigrants and refugees. Three years ago today, our community was shaken by the deadliest incident of antisemitic violence in United States history.

"This morning, I held a press conference with my colleagues, Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23) and Chris Smith (R-NJ-4): a fellow Co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism and fellow members of the Interparliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism. We came together to mark this solemn day, to examine the trends of antisemitism in the United States online in the years since, and to highlight the necessary and bipartisan next steps for Congress and the Biden Administration to combat antisemitism and prevent future violence. As I said this morning, 'antisemitism is real, it is dangerous, and it poses a growing threat not only to the Jewish community, but to all communities…We need to fight antisemitism in all its forms, wherever it comes from, [and we] share a bipartisan commitment to eradicating antisemitism on the far right and the far left.'"

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