Doug Emhoff hosts roundtable on antisemitism
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff opened a White House roundtable on antisemitism December 7 by declaring his steadfast commitment to his Jewish identity and to fighting the scourge of hatred toward Jews.
“This is just the beginning of this conversation,” Emhoff said in prepared remarks before the closed-door meeting. “And as long as I have this microphone, I am going to speak out against hate, bigotry, and lies.”
The roundtable follows a rash of public antisemitic statements from celebrity artists and athletes, and a dinner at Donald Trump’s Florida club and residence at which the former president met with the rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) and white Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes, both of whom have spoken adoringly of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
