Posted on 10/21/21
| News Source: FOX News
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents some 1,500 Orthodox Jewish rabbis, condemned Luria's suggestion that calling out Soros's activism constitutes an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., accused Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin of spreading an "anti-Semitic conspiracy theory" in claiming that left-wing billionaire George Soros had inserted liberal operatives in Virginia school boards. Both the Youngkin campaign and an Orthodox Jewish rabbi shot down Luria's claim.
"I call it out in my own party and I’m calling it out now," Luria declared on Twitter. "Evoking George Soros as a shadowy funder is an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. This is an unacceptable statement from Glenn Youngkin."
During a speech in Burke on Tuesday, Youngkin claimed that "George Soros-backed allies" in "the left, liberal progressive movement" have "inserted political operatives into our school system," in the school boards.
The Youngkin campaign ridiculed the idea that the claim was "anti-Semitic." A spokesperson told Fox News that Luria's claim is "ridiculous partisan nonsense."
"She can take this up with The Washington Post and Politico, who have reported extensively on George Soros pumping money into Democrat campaigns in Virginia," the spokesperson added.