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| https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-summer-lee-statement-on-performative-partisan-resolution-that-does-nothing-to-address-antisemitism | Rep. Summer Lee Statement on Performative Partisan Resolution that Does Nothing to Address Antisemitism | 2023-12-06 | 2023 | 2023-12 | Democrat | House | PA | Summer L. Lee | L000602 | summerlee.house.gov | summerlee | https://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases | scraper | **For Immediate Release** Emilia.Rowland@Mail.house.gov Rep. Summer Lee Statement on Performative Partisan Resolution that Does Nothing to Address Antisemitism (Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Summer Lee voted ‘No' on a Republican resolution that politicizes the rise in antisemitism to try to divide the Jewish community and weaponize their pain. Rep. Lee released the following statement on H. Res. 894: "As the Member of Congress representing the community still grieving from deadliest antisemitic attack in the history of the United States just five years ago, I have made combating hatred and bigotry in all its forms and protecting Western Pennsylvania's Jewish community a top priority." said Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12). "However, this extreme Republican resolution does absolutely nothing to address antisemitism–classifying any and all criticism of any of the actions of the Israeli government as antisemitic while ignoring the origins of antisemitism that motivated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and ongoing threats Jewish Americans face every day. Combating rising anti-Jewish, Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian hate demands serious action–not performative resolutions that seek to politicize the rise of hate and divide the Jewish community. I will continue to work tirelessly to ensure this Congress fights back against antisemitism, islamophobia, and bigotry." "As my colleague Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-12) pointed out on the House floor: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. That's intellectually disingenuous or factually wrong [...] the authors, if they were at all familiar with Jewish history and culture, should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic [...] The GOP has shown themselves fundamentally unserious. [They] carefully avoided mentioning any of the obvious instances of antisemitism coming from their own leaders." "One of my own constituents Mandy Simons so eloquently wrote in an op-ed: "As a citizen of Israel, now a long-term resident and citizen of the U.S., this attitude is strange. For Israelis inside Israel, there is nothing anti-Israel about criticizing government actions and policies – witness the widespread demonstrations which took place throughout 2023 in Israeli cities large and small." Rep. Lee continued, "I refuse to vote for any resolution that will force me to call my Jewish and Israeli constituents antisemitic." | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T01:14:16Z |