Sen. Chuck Schumer labeled people who don’t think Israel should exist as a Jewish state are antisemites — a definition that could include Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, dropped the assessment during a New York Public Library Event in May 2025, where he discussed his book, “Antisemitism in America, A Warning.”
“To be anti-Zionist — to not believe the Jewish people should have a state — is in my view a form of antisemitism,” Schumer said, according to resurfaced video of the event — where he was repeatedly heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters.
“If you believe every…
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