Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend at a meeting in Las Vegas. It turned a conference of the nation’s leading Jewish Republicans from jubilation over a ceasefire in the Middle East into a clarion call to stem the spread of anti-Jewish voices in the party.
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Bush, answers questions from members of the news media about confronting antisemitism within the Republican Party, during the coalition’s annual conference at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. A red sign stating “Tucker is not MAGA,” waved by college students attending the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in protest of the conservative talk show host’s interview of right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes, who has espoused antisemitic beliefs, is pictured at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, right, speaks with college students, one holding a sign saying “Tucker is not MAGA,” at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks, center, alongside Ari Fleischer, an RJC board member and press secretary to former President George W. Bush, answers questions from members of the news media about confronting antisemitism within the Republican Party, during the coalition’s annual conference at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks, center, alongside Ari Fleischer, an RJC board member and press secretary to former President George W. Bush, answers questions from members of the news media about confronting antisemitism within the Republican Party, during the coalition’s annual conference at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. A red sign stating “Tucker is not MAGA,” waved by college students attending the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in protest of the conservative talk show host’s interview of right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes, who has espoused antisemitic beliefs, is pictured at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. A red sign stating “Tucker is not MAGA,” waved by college students attending the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in protest of the conservative talk show host’s interview of right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes, who has espoused antisemitic beliefs, is pictured at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, right, speaks with college students, one holding a sign saying “Tucker is not MAGA,” at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, right, speaks with college students, one holding a sign saying “Tucker is not MAGA,” at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference at the Venetian Resort, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS — Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend, turning a conference of the nation’s leading Jewish Republicans from jubilation over a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into a clarion call to stem the spread of anti-Jewish voices within the party.was laid bare by a prominent conservative think tank president’s defense of talk show host Tucker Carlson’s controversial decision to welcome a far-right activist with antisemitic views onto his podcast Thursday, and Carlson’s hesitation to challenge some of his views. It prompted nearly every speaker who took the podium at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference in Las Vegas to call for rooting out anti-Jewish elements in the GOP. Still, the meeting’s proceedings sent a clear signal that the Republican Party has work to do to reconcile views within its ranks about the path forward for Israel in its relationship with the United States, its staunchest ally. But the voices speaking from the podium Friday and Saturday were united in their condemnation of antisemitism. “We are at this point in what I consider sort of the early stages of an undeclared civil war within the Republican Party, as it relates to Israel, and antisemitism and the Jewish community,” Republican Jewish Coalition leader Matthew Brooks said in an interview with The Associated Press.Brooks and the dozens of other speakers who condemned antisemitism within the GOP from the stage before an audience of about 1,000 in the Venetian Resort ballroom in Las Vegas set an ominous tone that cut into the air of celebration many had anticipated over the October ceasefire. Brooks had planned to fold some of his concerns into the three-day, annual conference of Republican Jewish elected officials, fundraisers, media personalities and activists. But comments made just before the meeting by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts denying the conservative group was “distancing itself” from Carlson — a former Fox News host and powerful voice on the right — after his podcast hosted Nick Fuentes prompted a sudden pivot. Fuentes has said the Holocaust was exaggerated, and that he believes in a global Jewish conspiracy. Carlson has espoused a white supremacist ideology called the “great replacement theory,” which says people of color are replacing white people and that Jews are furthering the change. The video of Roberts’ comments sparked outrage from some Heritage staffers, senators and conservative activists. But they also reflect increasing skepticism toward Israel and of Jews among some on the right, complicating GOP efforts to cast the Democratic Party as antisemitic. For months The Republican Jewish Coalition has been uneasy about Carlson, who has criticized U.S. support for Israel in its war with Hamas and has come under fire for his own far-right views. One is his opposition to Christian Zionism, the belief that some evangelical Christians interpret the Bible as promising the land of Israel eternally to the Jews, thus viewing Israel as belonging to the Jewish people. Brooks had named others for contributing to the schism, including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and conservative social media figure Candace Owens. “And it’s really going to be our challenge going forward to combat that before it has a chance to grow and metastasize in the Republican Party,” Brooks told the AP.“Sadly, we’re seeing antisemitism on the fringes of our own party,” Tennessee Rep. David Kustoff lamented. Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida later proclaimed: “In our party we will not tolerate antisemitism.”Sen. Lindsay Graham sought to lighten the mood, calling himself a member of the “Hitler-sucks wing of the Republican Party,” prompting laughter. But even as he injected humor, the South Carolina Republican downplayed the threat Fuentes and others pose to the GOP. “You can sit in a basement with weird people and say weird things. It’s a free country, right?” he added. “But if you ever run for office as a Republican, and you embrace this weird s, we’re going to beat your brains out.” Fuentes, who is 27, has 1 million followers on the social media platform X, and his following is generations younger than Graham, who is 70. Brooks said the leak of a series offrom National Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont praising Hitler, joking about gas chambers and other atrocities, which was published last month by Politico, is a symptom of the division he and the coalition are trying to contain. Perhaps that is why dozens of college-age Jewish Republicans attended the conference, cheekily waving red signs emblazoned with “Tucker is not MAGA,” a reference to President Donald Trump’s Make-America-Great-Again mantra, during Florida Congressman Randy Fine’s presentation. There was joy at the event, notably over the release of Israeli hostages, many held for more than two years since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, prompting two years of brutal retaliation in Gaza. “I’m sure many of you have spent the last few weeks watching with joy and tears the joyful of Israel’s resilient heroes, reuniting with their loved ones,” said Norm Coleman, a former Minnesota Senator and chairman of the coalition’s board. “It has been a deeply emotional time for all Jewry.” And the testimonials to Trump came from nearly all speakers, praising the Republican president for his role in brokering the ceasefire that resulted in the returned hostages. Trump, perhaps the party’s most unifying voice, was expected to address the convention live via satellite during the Saturday evening program. But even enthusiasm over his role was tempered by questions about the terms of the ceasefire, which required Hamas to disarm, disband and have no role in the future of Gaza. Several coalition members saw it as unlikely to hold, especially in light of Israel’s renewed strikes in Gaza after it claimed Hamas had violated the ceasefire terms by firing on Israeli soldiers.“I think we’re some distance away from that,” he said.“If they are still part of the equation,” he said. “I think it’s going to be very difficult to hold.”
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