
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual gala last November, much of the discussion centered around right-wing antisemitism. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warned that there was “an existential crisis in our party” as figures such as Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes built their online audiences, while right-wing firebrand Rep. Randy Fine of Florida slammed Carlson as an antisemite.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At the RJC’s “America 250” gala six months later, the mood was cheerier, and the cautionary words gave way to declarations that emerging antisemitism on the right was being dealt with properly. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Fine reminded the audience at the RJC event held in Manhattan on Sunday that in his speech to the RJC in November, he’d called Carlson “the most dangerous antisemite in America.” Now, he said, “I don’t know that that’s true anymore.” ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Fine and other Republicans at the RJC gala told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) that enough Republicans had spoken out against Carlson – most significantly, President Donald Trump – and his ilk to damage their image and dampen the threat they might pose. They also pointed to major GOP critics of Israel who had lost their seats in recent months.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He also told the JTA in a text that he now believes the country’s “most dangerous antisemite” is Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s anti-Zionist mayor. In contrast, he said, Carlson’s impact had only plummeted in the past half-year.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A number of speakers at the RJC who lauded Republicans’ response to antisemitism in the party also pointed to the recent primary defeat of outspoken Israel critic Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie. Brooks said to loud applause that the group spent $5 million in that race, and called the effort “a fight worth having and a victory worth celebrating.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Speakers also recounted the resignation from Congress of Marjorie Taylor Greene in January, maintaining that the Republican Party is squashing its anti-Israel voices, while the Democratic Party is electing them.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Being anti-Israel in today’s Republican Party is not — unlike the Democratic Party — a path to success,” said RJC CEO Matt Brooks during his remarks. Brooks later told JTA that Carlson, Owens and Fuentes’ “influence and credibility is less than it’s ever been” and that “they don’t represent” the mainstream of the MAGA movement.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">All of this occurs amidst speculation that Tucker may make a run for the White House in 2028.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Back in March, TV host Piers Morgan asked Carlson whether he has presidential ambitions. Carlson said that politics is “not what I do,” adding, “The whole idea of, ‘I’ve been a successful cable news host, I should be president!’ — that whole way of thinking is disgusting to me.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Asked about the possibility of Carlson running for president, Brooks told JTA in a statement that the RJC would continue to push back against Carlson and similar anti-Israel figures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“There is only one party where American Jews can be proudly Jewish and loudly pro-Israel, and it is the Republican Party — and those who imperil that will have to come through the RJC first,” Brooks said.</p>



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Republican Jews Say Antisemitism Among GOP is Dropping
