Exclusive | NY Republican Party urges Jewish voters to join GOP, claim Dems like Mamdani show worst kind of antisemitism

The New York State Republican Party is launching an ad campaign urging Jewish voters to join the GOP — while accusing Democrats including Mayor Zohran Mamdani of promoting or condoning antisemitism.The ad — appearing in Jewish publications and Jewish-concentrated social media — contains an open letter from State GOP Chairman Ed Cox addressed “To Our Jewish Neighbors and Fellow New Yorkers.”“The New York State Republican Party stands with you.Unequivocally,” Cox wrote in the letter.“We consider Israel a democratic miracle, America’s indispensable ally, and proof that the Jewish people’s ancient covenant with their land was not a relic of history but a promise to be fulfilled,” the letter said.“We stand against antisemitism wherever it appears, because we understand what Judaism has given the world.

Jewish scripture is central to the moral architecture of Western civilization.”Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politicsCox then unloads on Mamdani and other Democratic leaders for condoning, if not fanning the flames of, antisemitism.“We watch with sadness as the Democratic Party, which alleges to stand for marginalized groups, spirals into that ugliest and oldest hatred, anti-Semitism,” he wrote.“Zohran Mamdani’s statement calling AIPAC and its members ‘monsters’ has no place in American political discourse,” Cox said, referring to Mamdani’s comments about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.“It is the worst kind of antisemitism.”Cox ripped Gov.

Kathy Hochul and House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for endorsing Mamdani’s campaign for mayor and Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, claiming he “cowers in silence.”“We stand with our fellow patriotic Americans at AIPAC, as they work to strengthen the American-Israeli relationship and fight the scourge of antisemitism that has found a home in the Democratic Party and is...