Risk of hate crimes against Jews and others could rise as 2024 election nears, report says

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Jews and other minority groups may face more hate crimes as the next presidential election approaches, according to a new report.

The paper, published by the Leadership Conference Education Fund, a civil and human rights nonprofit organization, examined FBI data on hate crimes in 2021, the most recent year for which data is available.

That year saw 817 anti-Jewish incidents, an increase of 20% from 2021. That increase came despite numerous police departments across the country declining to share their hate crime data with the FBI.

While Jews were the most targeted of any religious group, crimes against Jews made up just a fraction of the more than 10,800 total hate crimes identified.

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1. Unfortunately, while I Hope Not, I Wouldn't be Surprised. : (

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2. I fear this too

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3. I have no doubts, given the way the GOP is playing their anti-trans cards

If you notice, they're not going all-in just yet, in every state. They need to save the most egregious bills, rules and "emergency" orders for next year. But they've been dropping clues continuously.

It's all part of the same set of tactics no matter who they are attacking at the moment. Revving up stochastic terrorism to lock in their base. And maybe even to intimidate others to leave red states if they can or not be as open about who they are. This in turn encourages Republican voters to become more blatant and overt and violent as they begin to feel more "powerful". It's a recursive cycle, and right now social & political leaders are lightly touching the brakes so as to be able to time the rise of their followers' outrage.

One minor point; the antisemitic hatred isn't just religious, it's racist as well. This ties into two facets of the Republican hate machine.