Chuck Schumer Condemns Deadly Shooting Of Two Israeli Embassy Workers Outside Capital Jewish Museum

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During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

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00:00Minority Leader.

00:02I ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with.

00:05Without objection.

00:06Mr. President, last night, just a few blocks from here, at the Capitol Jewish Museum,

00:14the scourge of anti-Semitism reared its ugly head yet again in America.

00:19The sickening, cold-blooded murder of two Jewish staffers from the Israeli Embassy

00:25seems to be another horrific incident of anti-Semitism which we all know is much too rampant in our society.

00:33Yaron Lashinsky, Sarah Milgram, may their memories be a blessing.

00:40Such a blatant and targeted act of anti-Semitism right here in the nation's capital should outrage everybody.

00:47A beautiful young couple about to be married, just starting their lives,

00:52gunned down seemingly because they were Jewish.

00:57Let this be a call to all of us.

01:00We must never allow the malicious poison of anti-Semitism to fester and flourish.

01:07While we still must learn more about this tragic incident,

01:11we do know that when anti-Semitism is rife in the air,

01:14all kinds of individuals cling to it and sometimes, unfortunately, act on it.

01:20This morning, I'm praying for those who were killed in this senseless act of violence,

01:25all those affected, and their families.

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