Hate crime data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week shows that individuals committed a disproportionately greater number of hate crimes against Jews than Muslims in the past year.

The FBI reported 1,951 anti-Jewish hate crimes between January 2023 and December 2023, and 266 anti-Muslim or anti-Islamic hate crimes. The new data follows a rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric and attacks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, according to the American Jewish Coalition. Since that attack, many Jewish Americans have reported attacks based on their religion, and anti-Jewish protestors have demonstrated on college campuses across the nation.

In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested that the White House had not seen “any credible threats” of anti-Semitism as she discussed whether the administration was worried about increases — then proceeded to discuss how “Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks.”

Jean-Pierre later said that she misheard the question, and emphasized the White House’s stance against anti-Semitism. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.

Anti-Jewish hate crimes between January 2023 and December 2023 were made up of 51% of destruction, damage, or vandalism of property, 34% of intimidation, and 6% of simple assault, while 61% of the hate crimes were against individuals, 16% were against businesses, 12% against the government, 4% against religious organizations, and 6% against “other.” The FBI does not know what race 50% of the offenders are, but 36% of the offenders are white and 9% are black or African American.

Anti-Muslim hate crimes were made up of 48% of intimidation, 20% of simple assault, 18% of destruction, damage, or vandalism of property, and 8% of aggravated assault, according to the FBI statistics. The crime data shows that 54% of those offenders were white, 19% were black or African American, and 19% were of an unknown race. These anti-Muslim hate crimes were largely (90%) committed against individuals.

Between January 2022 and December 2022, the FBI recorded 1,257 anti-Jewish hate crimes, and 176 anti-Muslim hate crimes.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the American Defamation League, said that this year’s numbers are “unfortunately entirely consistent” with the organization’s tracking and the Jewish community’s experience, noting that the Jewish community “is still suffering from the sharp rise in antisemitism following Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.”

The American Jewish Committee’s Ted Deutch called the rise in anti-Semitic violence “earth-shattering.”

“The worst part of this new reality is that young Jews are increasingly on the receiving end of this rise in antisemitic hate, according to AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America 2023 Report,” he said in a statement. “It’s unacceptable that in America of all places there are nearly five antisemitic hate crimes on average per day.”

Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first solo interview on Wednesday, sitting down with friendly MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle for a 25-minute conversation about her policy positions ahead of the 2024 presidential election — but it missed the mark by such a wide margin that even The New York Times panned her performance.

The article was benignly titled “3 Takeaways From Kamala Harris’s Interview on MSNBC,” but the sub-headline cut straight to the quick: “In her first one-on-one cable TV interview since becoming the nominee, the vice president repeatedly dodged direct questions and stuck firmly on message.”

The three main takeaways from the interview — which was granted to Ruhle just days after the MSNBC anchor argued in defense of Harris not taking any difficult policy questions — were laid out by reporter Reid Epstein.

First, he said, “Harris had roundabout answers to open-ended questions.”

Epstein then mentioned a question Harris had been asked on the economy — specifically why it was that voters continued to tell pollsters that they trusted former President Donald Trump more than they trusted her when it came to handling economic policy.

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Harris gave no answer to the direct question about why Trump was resonating more with voters, and instead claimed that he was responsible for lost manufacturing jobs among other things.

Epstein’s second takeaway was Harris’ apparent unwillingness to consider the possibility that even in the event that she won the presidency, Democrats could lose control of the U.S. Senate.

Harris ignored a direct question from Ruhle on that, too, and continued to tout policies that would certainly flounder in a Republican-controlled Senate.

“But we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes. We’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. That’s just it. It’s about paying their fair share. I am not mad at anyone for achieving success, but everyone should pay their fair share,” she said.

The final takeaway was as much a criticism of Ruhle and MSNBC as it was of Harris: “A hard-hitting Harris interview is still yet to come.”

Epstein noted that while Harris had been more open to doing interviews in the last week or so — after weeks of simply hiding from the press — she still appeared unwilling to take any questions from anyone who might actually demand a substantive answer.

“Her media strategy has been to sit with friendly inquisitors who are not inclined to ask terribly thorny questions or press her when her responses are evasive,” he wrote, adding, “It’s not quite clear what Ms. Harris gained, aside from giving her campaign aides the ability to say she held a one-on-one cable television interview.”

Ruhle herself admitted that Harris had not really given straight answers to her questions — although she did not offer any apology for her failure to press the vice president with any follow-up questions.

YIKES.

Stephanie Ruhle on her softball interview with Kamala: "she doesn't answer the question." pic.twitter.com/aPPkPGh4IV

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