The founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism name-checked attorney general Pam Bondi on CNN Thursday for pledging to do everything the Trump administration can to stop anti-Jewish violence.
Bondi appeared on Fox News, where she lamented the deaths of two young people outside of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night by a man who shouted "Free Palestine" when he was arrested.
"No parents should have to be called and told their children were violently murdered leaving a religious event at the Jewish Museum. That should never happen in this world and not in our country. And this person will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," Bondi said. "We will ensure everyone, America will be safe. We will do everything we can. This violence has to stop."
Brian Levin told Wolf Blitzer Thursday that his organization's research showed "record anti-Jewish hate crimes in major American cities in 2024 after a previous record the year before — four consecutive increases."
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"And if I may, Wolf, just give me one second here. I'm talking to Attorney General Bondi now," Levin said. "You just cut the hate crime training grants and projects for American law enforcement yesterday! So, please, don't say that you're you're doing everything you can when you cut those grants, and you also cut the grants related to domestic extremism."
Levin blamed an increase of online anti-Jewish rhetoric for fomenting the violence.
"These social media companies are horrible!" Levin exclaimed. "And what has been allowed on both sides of the political spectrum has been an ecosystem that allows antisemitism to to reign unabated because it serves certain people's political ends. We have to come together in a bipartisan way with regard to religion hate crime, which even as we saw a flattening, of hate crime overall, religion hate crime has continued to go up."
On Wednesday night, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim with the Israeli embassy were shot and killed outside Washington, D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum.
Police identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez. He shouted "Free Palestine" when taken into custody, witnesses said.