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A chant of “Tax the rich” shifted to “Tax the Jews” at a political event in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, prompting a condemnation by Mayor Daniel Lurie.
The incident occurred at a public gathering hosted by Lurie and District Five Supervisor Bilal Mahmood. The event focused on expanding job opportunities and housing in San Francisco as part of an official civic initiative.
In a statement posted on X, Lurie said the rhetoric crossed a clear line. “Suggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly antisemitic,” he wrote.
Lurie added that antisemitism and other forms of hatred had no place in San Francisco and made clear his administration would not tolerate such bigotry.
At an event this afternoon, a group of individuals that were chanting "tax the rich" began to shout "tax the Jews." This was an event I put on with Supervisor Mahmood, labor leaders, and dozens of workers to announce a plan that creates more jobs for those workers and housing for…
— Daniel Lurie 丹尼爾·羅偉 (@DanielLurie) February 25, 2026
The chant invoked a longstanding antisemitic stereotype portraying Jews as collectively wealthy and its emergence at a public event showed how openly antisemitic rhetoric is surfacing in mainstream political spaces.
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