House GOP campaign arm uses Jeffries’ college op-ed defending anti-semite uncle to attack Dems

The campaign arm of the House Republicans is tearing up Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries over an op-ed he wrote in college defending his uncle who made anti-Semitic remarks and called black conservatives “House N*****s.”

“There is a bigot who leads the House Democrats in Congress, and his name is Hakeem Jeffries,” says the new ad launched by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

It flashes to photos of Jeffries’ uncle, black studies professor Leonard Jeffries, noting that he calls Judaism a “dirty religion” and praises Adolf Hitler.

Jeffries even called black conservatives House n*****s. No, your ears don’t play games with you – “House n*****s.”

“Why don’t the House Democrats apologize for his shameful beliefs?”

“Are House Democrats Silent Because They Agree?” the ad closes.

“Hakeem Jeffries has lied about his well-documented defense of bigots and anti-Semites,” said NRCC Press Secretary Will Reinert. He claimed that the Democrats’ silence on the issue amounts to a “tacit agreement.”

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, DN.J., a Jewish member, defended Jeffries in comments to Punchbowl earlier this week: “I can personally affirm that American Jews and Israel are lucky [Jeffries] as an unwavering supporter and champion.’

The minority leader will leave on Thursday evening on a trip to Israel and Ghana,

Jeffries has said he has only a “distinct recollection” of the controversy surrounding his anti-Semitic uncle, but wrote a fiery op-ed in college defending him.

Minority Leader Black Studies professor Leonard Jeffries faced backlash in the 1990s after making comments about the involvement of “wealthy Jews” in the slave trade and about Jewish executives “launching a conspiracy, planned and plotted and programmed from Hollywood’ to belittle black Americans in movies.

While a student at Binghamton University in New York, Jeffries wrote an editorial in 1992 defending his uncle and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The school’s Black Student Union, where Jeffries served on the board of directors, had invited the college professor to speak after the controversy.

The younger Jeffries began his editorial by warning that the “rise of the black conservative” would threaten to “perpetuate the oppression of the black masses,” referring to Judge Clarence Thomas’ affirmation.

He compared black Republicans to “House n*****s” who “tried to impersonate the white master,” according to a copy of the document unearthed by CNN.

He wondered why the media black people like Thomas, former Sec. of state Colin Powell and author Shelby Steele.

“Do you think a ruling elite would promote individuals who would try to dismantle their unsound grip on power?” asked Jeffries.

‘Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Secretary Louis Farrakhan have come under heavy fire. Where do you think their interests lie?’ he continued, suggesting the pair were better representatives of black interests.

‘Dr. Jeffries has challenged the existing white supremist [sic] education system and long-term distortion of history. His reward is a media lynching, complete with character assassinations and inflammatory false accusations.”

Jeffries wrote the piece for The Vanguard, BSU’s student newspaper.

Conservative political thinking rejects the redistribution of wealth. Conservative political thought shuns social reform and favors a huge defense industry. Conservative political thinking does not advocate progress in civil rights.”

Jeffries denounced capitalism as an economic concept: “The black conservative believes in the idea of ​​the American dream, the dream, in which hard work and perseverance ultimately liberate and reap the rewards. However, this completely ignores the economic reality of this country’s capitalist system. Capitalism requires the survival of a permanent underclass.”

Jeffries’ office insisted he does not share his uncle’s views “over 30 years ago.”

“Leader Jeffries has always been clear that he does not share his uncle’s controversial views more than 30 years ago,” spokesperson Christiana Stephenson told CNN.

Like Leonard Jeffries, Farrakhan came under fire for explosive comments about Jews—once praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the 1980s as a “great man” and calling Judaism a “dirty religion.”

Jeffries told the Wall Street Journal in 2013 that he had only “a vague memory” of the controversies with his uncle, as he had been in college. He recalled that it was a difficult time for his father and claimed that his mother was trying to protect him and his brother from the consequences.

“And so, when there was a lot of controversy, and my brother and I were in school,” Jeffries said. “There was no internet in those days and I can’t even remember a daily newspaper in the Binghamton, NY area, but it didn’t cover the things that the New York Post and Daily News were at the time.”

In another Wall Street Journal reportJeffries said he hadn’t even watched his uncle’s most controversial speeches.

But a backlash ensued when the Black Student Union (BSU) invited Leonard Jeffries, Hakeem, and the BSU held a press conference to defend him.

“We have no intention of canceling a presentation that contains factual information, proven by scientific papers and texts,” Jeffries reportedly said.

In 2012, the Anti-Defamation League quoted Leonard Jeffries as saying, “The evil genius of the Jewish community was to join forces to make business their religion and make it part of their culture.”

In 1994, the Associated Press reported that he said, “Jews were like ‘skunks’ and ‘polluted everything.’

When asked about the comment, Professor Jeffries said, “He didn’t remember,” adding, “Isn’t there freedom of speech in America?”

He was convicted at the time by New York Governor Mario Cuomo and New York City Mayor David Dinkin, and eventually left his position as chairman of the Black Studies Department at the City University of New York in 1995.

Then-student Jeffries went on to explain his comparison of black conservatives to “house n*****s.”

“During African slavery, our ancestors acquired the duality of the field Negro and the house Negro. The field negro worked from dawn to dusk, had nothing but contempt for his white master and especially for the majority of the black slaves, who were field negroes. In contemporary terms, what we would call “the masses.” The house negroes did not work the land, they were domestic servants. The house negro was dressed up and was given the impression that he or she was better than those in the field. Most importantly, the house negro tried to imitate the white master. This emulation was not designed with the interests of the masses in mind. Rather, the motivating force was personal gain.

Perhaps this is the problem with today’s black Conservative politician. Their political agenda is not designed to contribute to the upliftment of their people. These right-wing opportunists embrace the political ideology of the power structure and in return are elevated to positions historically reserved for whites.”

And according to local press coverage, Professor Jeffries spent much of his college speech defending himself against accusations of anti-Semitism, but repeated his message about “anti-black” Jewish moguls in Hollywood.

“It is ironic that members of the Jewish community have felt compelled to take a position that is anti-democratic and … pro-Nazi in all its vileness,” he said.