“After the Donald Trump's election, there was a surge of hate crimes. We saw acts of vandalism, certainly a lot of slander on social media and, in fact, in the last few months, as you mentioned, a number of bomb threats, almost 70, to dozens of Jewish community centers across the country.” CountryHateCommunityCrimeElectionThreatSocial MediaSlander Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“We think it's time for the president Donald Trump to announce steps for the White House to undertake. We'd like to see a White House task force on hate crimes. This could be something again convened by the attorney general, but you would bring to bear DHS, the Department of Education, the FBI and other federal agencies to use all of their resources to deal with this problem.” ThinkingProblemHateHousePresidentCrimeFbiAttorney Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“We think every state should have hate crimes laws. It's worth sharing that five states today don't have hate crimes laws, including South Carolina, where a man was arraigned. He had been arrested by the FBI for plotting a Columbine-style attack on a synagogue in Myrtle Beach.” ThinkingMenTodayHateCrimeBeachFbi Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“The attorney general could push and the president Donald Trump could push governors and state attorney generals to move forward with hate crimes laws all over America to protect the Jewish community and other marginalized groups.” MovingHatePresidentCommunityCrimeProtectMoving ForwardAttorney Author:Jonathan Greenblatt