{"id":194075,"date":"2026-02-26T02:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194075\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T02:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T02:22:15","slug":"antisemitic-tax-the-jews-chant-breaks-out-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/194075\/","title":{"rendered":"Antisemitic ‘tax the Jews’ chant breaks out in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

A news conference highlighting San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie\u2019s tax reform proposal devolved into vile antisemitic chants that went on for more than a minute unchecked, according to disgusted officials who were present at the Wednesday event. <\/p>\n

A protest tied to the Democratic Socialists of America\u2019s San Francisco chapter began shouting \u201cTax the rich\u201d outside a news conference held outside a construction site promoting Lurie and Supervisor Bilal Mahmood\u2019s joint legislation<\/a> to reform the city\u2019s real estate taxes to spur housing construction<\/a> and investment.<\/p>\n

But the anti-capitalist cacophony escalated into chants about Israel<\/a> with at least one individual loudly chanting \u201cTax the Jews,\u201d according to sources present.<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Daniel Lurie condemned the chants as antisemitic. <\/p>\n

\u201cSuggesting that Jews are wealthy is a tired trope, and targeting our community at an event focused on creating economic opportunity for San Franciscans is decidedly antisemitic,\u201d Lurie, who is Jewish, posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At an event this afternoon, a group of individuals that were chanting “tax the rich” began to shout “tax the Jews.” This was an event I put on with Supervisor Mahmood, labor leaders, and dozens of workers to announce a plan that creates more jobs for those workers and housing for\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Daniel Lurie \u4e39\u5c3c\u723e\u00b7\u7f85\u5049 (@DanielLurie) February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI will never accept hate directed at the Jewish community or any community in our city. Those are not San Francisco values\u2014we\u2019re better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A horrified onlooker told The Post that the antisemitic shouts about Jews and Israel<\/a> continued for roughly two minutes before \u201cpetering out.\u201d But no one in the group stopped the offensive rants, they said.<\/p>\n

In video obtained by The Post, a woman can be heard intermittently screaming \u201ctax Israel\u201d and \u201cTax the Jews\u201d as union officials spoke at a podium. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was an, \u2018are you hearing what I\u2019m hearing?\u2019 moment,\u201d the source said. <\/p>\n

Rudy Gonzalez, head of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, called out the Democratic Socialists of America in an Instagram post<\/a> condemning the incident. <\/p>\n

\u201cDuring today\u2019s press conference, individuals identifying themselves with the Democratic Socialists of America disrupted the event with antisemitic chants,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\"DistrictSupervisor Bilal Mahmood co-authored the bill to reform real estate transfer taxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a father and a husband in an interfaith home, I found what was shouted today deeply disturbing. Hate directed at any community is wrong. It undermines the solidarity that working people depend on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The DSA\u2019s San Francisco chapter denied that a woman chanting \u201ctax the Jews\u201d was part of their group and said members asked her to stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cDSA SF members at the protest were similarly disgusted and horrified by this woman\u2019s rhetoric, and want to make clear her words came from her alone. While we disagree on policy, we join you in condemning antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident marred an announcement by a coalition of City Hall and labor officials pushing to lower transfer tax rates on housing projects and downtown sales to help boost San Francisco\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n

Advocates including Lurie, Mahmood, the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council and the Chamber of Commerce say the plan to tweak tax rates will add jobs and reduce the cost of construction by $32,850 a unit. <\/p>\n

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