Talk show host and Republican insider Erick Erickson on Tuesday seemingly tried to sow division among Democrats after Vice President Kamala Harris passed over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to be her running mate.
"No Jews allowed at the top of the Democratic Party," Erickson wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader who happens to be Jewish, sent out a three-word response to Erickson's tweet: "News to me."
Schumer was the most high-profile critic to respond to Erickson, but far from the only one.
"Stop," wrote journalist Ron Fournier. "The top of the ticket is a Black-Asian nominee married to a Jew. She picked who she wanted to pick."
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Others noted that Erickson's criticism of the Democrats was ironic given that neither former President Donald Trump nor Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) are Jewish.
"Ah yes. JD Vance and Donald Trump are a regular klezmer band," wrote former Apple product designer and current entrepreneur Matty Gregg.
"Yes, I went to both JD Vance and Donald Trump's bar mitzvahs," cracked the Christian nationalist parody account Betty Bowers.
"Doug Emhoff is Jewish," noted Business Insider reporter Bryan Metzger. "Chuck Schumer is Jewish. There are 4 Jewish governors, all of whom are Democrats. Of the 35 Jewish members of Congress, just 2 are Republicans."
"Name the current Republican Jewish Governors," challenged Michigan State Sen. Jeremy Moss. "Name the current Republican Jewish US Senators. Don’t strain too hard to look them up. Despite the gaslighting, the overwhelming majority of Jewish voters are part of a liberal voting bloc."
