Rep. Thomas Massie was condemned by leading Democrats and the White House on Tuesday for sharing a Drake-inspired meme suggesting Congress embraces Zionism more than American patriotism.
The Kentucky Republican’s post on X showed a photo of the rapper raising his hands and looking away with the captions “Congress today” and “American patriotism.”
In another photo, Drake is seen smiling and pointing at another caption that reads: “Zionism.”
The meme, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, drew scorn from the Biden administration.
“All Americans – including @HouseGOP leadership – should condemn this virulent Antisemitism from members of Congress,” White House communications director Herbie Ziskend tweeted.
Massie was the only Republican to vote against a GOP-backed resolution condemning antisemitism that passed the House on Tuesday 311-14.
Thirteen Democrats also voted against the resolution, and 92 Democrats voted in favor of the resolution stating “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.”
A meme posted online by Massie Tuesday.
One House Democrat who supported the resolution, Rep. Ritchie Torres, also criticized Massie.
“Thomas Massie, a House Republican, is pitting American patriotism against Zionism,” Torres tweeted. “Most Americans are pro-American and pro-Israel and see no contradiction between the two.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also blasted Massie and urged him to throw out the post that has been liked 26,000 times.
“Rep. Massie, you are a Congressman,” the New York Democrat said on social media. “This is antisemitic, disgusting, dangerous, and exactly the kind of thing I talked about in my Senate speech.”
The Kentucky Republican was thrown by Dems over the post. Getty Images
Schumer addressed the US Senate last week where he sounded the alarm about a disturbing surge in antisemitism since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel that prompted the Jewish state to launch a military campaign in Gaza.
But Massie objected in a follow-up tweet to Schumer.
“If you care half as much about our borders as you do my tweets,” he said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office told NBC News that the White House “would be better spent condemning the 100+ Democrats who refused to support a resolution condemning anti-Semitism today on the House floor” in response to the Biden administration urging GOP leaders to condemn Massie.
Jewish Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler, of New York, and Jamie Raskin, of Maryland encouraged fellow Dems to just vote present on Tuesday’s resolution.
“Today’s resolution … is just the latest frivolous attempt by Republicans to weaponize Jewish pain and the serious problem of antisemitism to score cheap political points,” the trio said in a statement.
“Among other problems with this resolution, H. Res. 894 does not take into account the complexity of Judaism itself and ignores nuanced examples such as the Satmar sect, a Hasidic Jewish movement, which remains staunchly anti-Zionist and decidedly non-semitic.”
The House passed a resolution last week affirming Israel’s right to exist. Massie and Democrat Rashida Tlaib were the only no votes on the resolution.
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