(Jewish Group) AZ GOP nominee for attorney general invoked antisemitic tropes in past online posts

Arizona GOP nominee for attorney general invoked antisemitic tropes in past online posts – and continues to do so

Abraham Hamadeh, the Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general, has in the past invoked antisemitic tropes and advocated cutting U.S. funding to Israel, the Phoenix New Times reported on Tuesday. The comments are part of several controversial posts he published on an online message board dating back to 2007.

Hamadeh, a U.S. Army Reserve intelligence officer, won a crowded Republican primary earlier this month after securing an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. He said during the campaign that he would “prosecute crimes of the rigged 2020 election.”

In July 2007, Hamadeh posted on the Ron Paul Forums, a virtual gathering space for supporters of Ron Paul, a former Texas congressman and presidential candidate, that “Jews are influential and for the most part rich.” He added: “If you think Jews aren’t big in America (2%) how come 56% of them are CEO’S,” wrote Hamadeh, then a 16-year-old teenager.

The Hamadeh campaign told the local publication the candidate, now 31, is being judged by comments he made as in his youth “well before their minds were even fully developed.” In a subtle reference to the report, Hamadeh tweeted on Wednesday, “The media is a part of the ruling class that want to control and manipulate us. They are hostile actors.”

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