'Blatant antisemitism': State lawmaker faces resignation calls after interview surfaces
A Democratic state lawmaker in Connecticut is facing bipartisan calls to resign over a primary campaign interview broadly condemned as antisemitic, according to the Stamford Advocate.
During a July 28 Spanish-language interview with the Hispanic International Show about her primary challenger, Jonathan Jacobson, Anabel Figueroa, a one-term lawmaker who was seated in a special election last year as the first Latina in the Connecticut House of Representatives, went off the rails and appeared to attack Jacobson's Jewish identity.
“The Hispanic vote is going to determine on Aug. 13 who will win to represent or who will continue to represent you,” said Figueroa. “We cannot permit a person who is of Jewish origin, of Jewish origin, to represent our community. It’s impossible.”...