ALBANY — The NYGOP released the following statement following reports of Congressman-elect Brad Lander’s hire of an anti-Semitic, self-described Communist as his Director of Communications:
 
“Brad Lander has an ugly habit of engaging with and elevating the most radical anti-Semites in his own party. Just when you think he can’t go any lower, he finds a way: he has now hired an openly Communist senior staff member who has claimed that Israel has no right to exist, believes in globalizing the intifada, and stated that ‘wealthy Jews…make me sick.’ 
 
“Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer must immediately condemn Lander for this hire. Will any New York Democrats take a stand for decency and the safety of Jewish New Yorkers?”
 
-NYGOP Communications Director David Laska

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