Former Democratic Rep. Max Rose — who is running to regain his seat after state Democrats made it more friendly to him through redistricting — claimed last week that the US is guilty of “exporting anti-Semitic, white supremacist ideologies” across the globe.
Rose’s made the comments during a virtual forum on anti-Semitism and terrorism hosted by the American Jewish Congress Feb. 11.
Throughout the forum, Rose criticized what he claimed was the federal government’s failure to act against domestic terrorism and called for white supremacist organizations to be added to the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organization list.
“This is the No. 1 threat against Jewish communities right now,” Rose said, putting the purported lack of action against such organizations down to “an absence of will.”
“At this point, the United States of America is the Saudi Arabia of white supremacist ideology,” he said.
Former Rep. Max Rose claimed the US has “exported anti-Semitic, white supremacist ideologies” during an online forum. YouTube / Democrat Tracking
A white supremacist carries the Confederate flag as he arrives for a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Rose said the US has fallen behind other countries that have labeled white supremacist groups as terrorist organizations. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images“Just as Saudi Arabia exports Wahhabism and other dangerous streams of jihadist terrorist ideology … the United States of America right now is exporting anti-Semitic, white supremacist ideologies that are being taken up by organizations throughout the world — many of which have already been labeled terrorist organizations by entities such [as] New Zealand, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Central European nations and so on and so forth.”
Earlier in the forum, Rose cited the extremist organization Proud Boys, which originated in the US and now has chapters in 40 nations, including Canada — which designated the group as a “terrorist entity” last year.
“This administration needs to do more in this space,” Rose said. “Our safety — the safety of Jewish communities — relies on it, and we do not want to act after a horrific incident. We want to act before it.”
According to former Rep. Max Rose, Congress needs to do more work against white supremacist groups. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front stand with shields after they marched around the National Mall on Dec. 4, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Rose also said anti-Semitic and white supremacist groups are a huge threat to the Jewish community. REUTERS/Leah Millis“[The Biden administration and its predecessors] will say — ironically — ‘Well, there are too many members of these organizations in the United States of America … so it’s not going to work,’” he added. “It’s patently absurd. The only reason why they’re not doing this is because they’re afraid.”
“All this requires is the will of this administration,” Rose later said.
Rose, an Army veteran who was wounded in Afghanistan, was elected to Congress in 2018, defeating two-term GOP incumbent Dan Donovan. Two years later, Republican Nicole Malliotakis defeated him by the same 6.4 percentage-point margin by which Rose had bested Donovan.
Neo-Nazis, alt-right and white supremacists march the night before the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 11, 2017. Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press
The former congressman compared domestic terrorism in the US to jihadist terrorism in the early 1990s. REUTERS/Leah MillisIn December, Rose announced his intention to run again.
“People tell me if I had listened to the polls instead of doing what I thought was right, I would have won,” he said in a video announcement. “Maybe that’s true, but for me, some things are much more important than elections.”
The former congressman went on to accuse Republicans of “tearing America apart, just to hold on to power.”
“I’m running because this country, it can be affordable and fair,” he concluded. “Our politics can lift us up rather than tear us down.”
His campaign did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Rose announced his intention to run for office again. Steve White
Rose called on the Biden administration to step up against the threats. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS





