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Chuck Schumer: “Starting in about 2000, it begins to change. When bad things…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Chuck Schumer on Government Shutdown and Antisemitism

Published | Video Starts at 15:34

And so Jews who were previously not allowed to live here or not allowed to work here or whatever, that all left, even sort of the innuendos were decreased. It was not good to say. So it was a great era. Starting in about 2000, it begins to change. When bad things happen, things always seem to turn on the Jews. So we had nine, 11, and there was some of it, remember 400 Jew. The, you know, the myth was 400 Jews were told to leave early. (15:34–15:41)

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Asserts that since 2000, negative events have increasingly been blamed on Jews.

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