The candidates are asking for a campaign ad apology and retraction. The GOP says their statement speaks for itself.
NORTH HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- It's the height of the campaign season, and new lows are being reached by both parties, say some voters.Several Long Island political candidates claim their opponents' ads are antisemitic, fueling stereotypes of Jewish people.Israel Weisfelner, whose parents survived the Holocaust, says recent political ads remind him of Nazi-era stereotypes and propaganda.'Sick to my stomach,' Weisfelner said about his reaction to a mailing he received.
The GOP campaigns say messages in the ads are simply that 'Democrats are raising property taxes, raising sales taxes, taking money out of people's pockets ... The Republican Party has no knowledge of the religion that either of the candidates in question observe nor do we associate illustrations of greedy and corrupt politicians holding money with any ethnic group, race, or religion.
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