A growing record of anti-Semitic rhetoric among Republican operatives highlights a concerning new trend in American politics. Once an exclusively fringe phenomenon, anti-Semitism spilled into the mainstream conversation of the Democratic Party after October 7, 2023, when Israel suffered the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. But now, the virus of anti-Semitism appears to be influencing Republicans as well. “We already have one anti-Semitic party. We don’t need two,” warned FRC President Tony Perkins on a Tuesday conference call with faith leaders. “Anti-Semitism is growing rapidly, and it needs to be addressed.”
The most recent installments in this trend have surfaced in the 2026 U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. In that race, two of the six Republican challengers to incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham (R) have dismissed calls to fire campaign staffers who publicly shared anti-Semitic content on social media. Graham called on both campaigns to terminate the people responsible for offensive posts.
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