The perpetrators of antisemitic violence and murder, which I abhor and condemn, should be punished to the maximum extent of the law. The killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as well as the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, are nauseating examples of antisemitic brutality.
Furthermore, it is intellectually and morally repugnant for anyone to shout support for the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Civilized people across the political spectrum appropriately condemn these vile and inexcusable apologies for mass murder. What Hamas carried out that day was not a political statement—it was barbarism. Rape, torture, murder of civilians, and the taking of hostages should never be met with anything but moral clarity and universal condemnation.
Despite the increase in antisemitism, it is still inappropriate for the United States Senate to respond by imposing sweeping restrictions on constitutionally protected speech. That's exactly what the Antisemitism Awareness Act threatens to do.
