AZ-05: Hayworth Surrogate to Jews: "No wonder there are anti-Semites"

David Nir for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Friday October 20, 2006 · 5:34 AM PDT

2006/10/20 · 05:34

You won't believe what two JD Hayworth surrogates said to (and about) Jews - while filling in for their candidate at an event at a synagogue:

Unable to defend his repeated praise of Henry Ford's anti-Semitic "Americanization" program, U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth bailed on a scheduled campaign appearance Tuesday evening only to send in his place surrogates who repeatedly lectured the audience at Temple Beth Israel in Scottsdale and proclaimed that Hayworth "is a more observant Jew" than those present. [Source: Arizona Republic, Oct. 17, 2006]
The comment by Jonathan Tratt, a spokesman for the Hayworth campaign, drew loud and angry boos and caused nearly three-quarters of the crowd of more than 200 to walk out in disgust. After the walkout, another Hayworth surrogate, Irit Tratt, stood on the Temple's bimah as she told members of the audience who gathered to ask questions, "No wonder there are anti-Semites."

I'm just speechless.

(Via the DCCC.)

AZ-05: Hayworth Surrogate to Jews: "No wonder there are anti-Semites"

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