[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HATRED ENDANGERS DEMOCRACY

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, the same day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 
Netanyahu addressed our Congress and spoke of how Iran has exported 
anti-Semitism around the world, including the United States, we saw 
reminders of that disgusting and dangerous influence just blocks from 
our Capitol.
  Protesters graffitied ``Hamas is coming,'' ``Welcome to the 
Intifada,'' and other anti-Semitic messages outside of Union Station. 
Some brandished Hamas flags while burning the Stars and Stripes. This 
anti-Semitic hate has no place anywhere in the world, let alone within 
the view of this Capitol.
  This vile hatred is a continuation of millennia of prejudice, 
discrimination, persecution, and violence toward Jews.
  Hate and bigotry are un-American. Hate and bigotry are the tools of 
fascists, dictators, and thugs--the foul products of twisted minds.
  Hatred and bigotry endanger not only Jews but democracy itself. It 
falls to each of us, Mr. Speaker, to remove the cancer of anti-Semitism 
from our society.
  Jews are and have always been a fundamental part of our American 
family, and no amount of spray paint can ever change that.

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