Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02): “Evoking George Soros as a shadowy funder is an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. This is an unacceptable statement from Glenn Youngkin.”

For some context on the use of George Soros as a bogeyman, see George Soros: Orbán turns to familiar scapegoat as Hungary rows with EU (“Orbán has reinvigorated his government’s anti-Soros campaign, which has often been marked by conspiratorial and antisemitic rhetoric”); Conspiracy theories about Soros aren’t just false. They’re anti-Semitic. (“Blaming Jewish outsiders for dissent and social unrest isn’t new.”); ‘Dripping with poison of antisemitism’: the demonization of George Soros; How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream; etc. Bottom line: it’s pretty hard to believe that Glenn Youngkin is doing this randomly…

I call it out in my own party and I’m calling it out now. Evoking George Soros as a shadowy funder is an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. This is an unacceptable statement from Glenn Youngkin. https://t.co/KYs9G2JWOJ

— Elaine Luria (@ElaineLuriaVA) October 20, 2021

@GlennYoungkin sure doesn’t sound like a “moderate Republican” to me here. More like what Alex Jones might look like if he actually took his meds. https://t.co/Rydq9fZKKw

— Kindler (@progressive_va) October 20, 2021