Flowers and a flag at the site of the attack outside the Boulder County Courthouse on June 2. Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Jewish lawmakers are worried by a growing spate of attacks aimed at Jews ā with some openly saying they may be next on the target list.
The big picture: Concerns about Jewish safety spiked again this week after a man yelling "free Palestine" threw Molotov cocktails at attendees of a Boulder, Colorado, rally advocating for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
"The Jewish people across America ā and all Americans ā should be horrified, and we are in great pain," Schumer said Monday on MSNBC. "Unfortunately, as we have seen, it's not an isolated incident."
Zoom in: There has been a sharp rise in antisemitism and threats against lawmakers in recent years. For some Jewish representatives, the two trends are eerily correlated.
"The number of times in the course of a week I'm called a 'Jewish demon' is pretty unsettling," Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told Axios.
What they're saying: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) said in a phone interview with Axios that he "increased our investment in security" after the D.C. attack.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said: "I've always thought we were in jeopardy and jeopardized when we were on the Capitol campus."
Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Calif.) added: "The Jewish community is very much on edge ... and elected officials in general, I think, are feeling less safe."
Several lawmakers previewed a renewed push to fund the Nonprofit Safety Grant Program, particularly to provide security for houses of worship and faith-based organizations.
