It’s deeply harmful to use the word “Nazi” to refer to anyone who isn’t an actual Nazi, particularly when directed at a Jew. Their lives are devalued by this kind of rhetoric.” “The actual Nazis killed 6 million Jews & millions others. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, vice chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, wrote in a tweet.
“It’s deeply harmful to use the word ‘Nazi’ to refer to anyone who isn’t an actual Nazi, particularly when directed at a Jew,” state Sen. Louie’s comments drew swift condemnation from San Francisco Jewish officials.
In recent weeks he’s written several articles about Louie, raising questions about her residency in the Outer Sunset and Parkside of District 4, a requirement for candidacy, as well as her voting in one district while being registered in another. RELATED: Before taking on the Mission District, Joe Eskenazi raked muck in Jewish S.F.Įskenazi is the managing editor at Mission Local and a highly regarded journalist known for holding elected officials up to tough scrutiny. (Louie was falsely accusing two outside experts interviewed by Eskenazi of being members of the Weather Underground, a now-defunct militant leftist group.) “EskeNAZI totally wrote what he wanted and called his friends and members of the Weather Underground from Michigan, Berkeley, and other places to validate his points,” the post went on. “Unlike Joe EskeNAZI who called me and talked over me and didn’t even write any of my responses. “It was so nice to talk to a journalist who actually had a dialogue with me,” she wrote. The post was illustrated with photos of her visit to the station. Louie referred to Eskenazi as “EskeNAZI” in since-deleted Facebook and Instagram posts on Tuesday, in which she wrote about her positive experience being interviewed at the public radio station KQED. from 2000 to 2008) who has investigated Louie’s candidacy. The target of the posts was Joe Eskenazi, a Jewish reporter (and writer for J.
26, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu released a statement saying Leanna Louie had not sufficiently proved her residency in District 4, and would be removed from the November 2022 ballot.Ĭalls for Leanna Louie to drop out of the race for San Francisco Board of Supervisors rang out from political corners of the city this week after Louie, who is seeking to represent District 4, published social media posts widely condemned as antisemitic.