Defense Department deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is under fire online over a post she wrote on X last year.
Watchdogs against antisemitism are on high alert after a year that saw many antisemitic protests and online posts go unpunished. As a result, the Trump administration has increased its efforts to combat discrimination with an executive order. However, the administration’s recent hire is now facing allegations of antisemitism herself.
Wilson’s post was a response to the Anti-Defamation League commemorating the anniversary of Leo Frank’s lynching. The ADL summarized his life story in Georgia as a man who was “falsely accused & unjustly convicted of murder in a trial marred by antisemitism. ADL fought to clear Frank’s name & he was finally pardoned in 1986.”
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