NY: Republican ads targeting Nassau, Suffolk candidates criticized as antisemitic
Political campaign ads targeting some Nassau and Suffolk candidates in the Nov. 7 election are being criticized as antisemitic because of images that fuel stereotypes of Jewish people.
An ad paid for by the Nassau County Republican Committee depicts the likeness of Legis. Josh Lafazan (D-Woodbury) with fistfuls of $100 bills, his teeth elongated and yellowed, his nose enlarged and a plume of smoke above his head that forms shadows in the shape of horns. Another ad, paid for by the New York State Republican Committee, shows Lafazan on the back of a dollar bill and accuses him of "enriching himself and scheming to get ahead."
Lafazan, a Democrat, is Jewish and in a hotly contested 18th District race against Republican challenger Samantha Goetz.
Another GOP mailer paid for by the State Republican Committee targets Democrat Jon Kaiman, who is seeking to reclaim the North Hempstead supervisor seat he held for 10 years. The ad shows Kaiman with fistfuls of cash under the words "high taxes & corruption." Kaiman faces incumbent Supervisor Jen DeSena, a registered Democrat running as a Republican, in the election.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/elections/political-ads-antisemitic-eclzw74z
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