(Jewish Group) Jewish groups, Israeli diplomat blast Marjorie Taylor Greene for calling Biden Hitler

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Jewish groups and Israeli diplomat blast Marjorie Taylor Greene for likening Biden to Hitler

An Israeli diplomat said he was “appalled” by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s likening of President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler, warning that such rhetoric fuels violence.

“I am appalled by this cynical use of Nazi imagery and Hitler comparisons by a member of the United States Congress,” said the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity and of not stating where he is based, in a statement Friday to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “As we face a rise in antisemitic incidents, in the U.S. and around the world, rhetoric like this only fuels the persistent threat of hatred, extremism, and violence.”

The anonymity stemmed from the sensitive nature of the criticism. It is extraordinary for an Israeli diplomat to speak out against an individual American lawmaker, especially on an issue not directly having to do with Israel.

Greene, a Georgia Republican who has a history of inflammatory comments, was reacting in a series of tweets to a speech Biden delivered Thursday in Philadelphia warning of the threat to democracy from what he called “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans.” Greene very much identifies with the “Make America Great Again” wing of the party associated with the former president.

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