Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., on Tuesday told Cowboy State Daily she wants to see a stronger response from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his fellow Democratic Party leaders following a rash of antisemitic attacks across the United States.
An Egyptian national who was in the United States illegally used a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails on Sunday to execute a targeted attack on a gathering of Jewish community members in Boulder, Colorado, according to the FBI.
The suspected attacker, 45-year-old Mohamed Soliman, allegedly shouted “free Palestine” during the attack and injured at least eight victims.
That attack came in the wake of the shooting deaths of two Israeli embassy staffers outside Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Jewish Museum in May.
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