In the wake of the June 1 antisemitic terror attack in Boulder, members of Congress had an opportunity to rise above politics and speak with one voice in condemning hate. What should have been a clear and unifying act of moral leadership became, for some, an opportunity to hijack our trauma to advance their own agenda. That is not representation — it is exploitation.
Our Congressman, Rep. Joe Neguse (Congressional District 2), showed true integrity and clarity of purpose by introducing a bipartisan resolution (House Resolution 481) that unequivocally condemned the attack — without politicizing Jewish pain or watering down the message.
Amid the trauma of three violent attacks targeting Jews in the same number of months, his resolution rightly identified a disturbing pattern of antisemitic aggression here in the United States. It called on elected officials, community leaders, and all Americans to speak out against antisemitism and all forms of politically-motivated violence. The resolution passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. That’s what real leadership looks like.
Unfortunately, instead of supporting this unified response, Rep. Gabe Evans (CD-8) doubled down on his political agenda. He introduced a separate resolution — one that was not bipartisan, not accurate, and not grounded in any engagement with our grieving community.
To our knowledge, Rep. Evans never once reached out to Boulder Jewish leaders. He didn’t call. He didn’t show up. He didn’t walk arm in arm with us one week after the attack as Rep. Neguse did — offering compassion, support, and solidarity to a shaken community.
Instead, Evans inserted himself into a tragedy he neither witnessed nor engaged with firsthand, never once setting foot in Boulder. That House Republican leadership anointed him to lead the response, rather than deferring to the representative of the impacted community, was deeply offensive.
The resolution Evans introduced included inaccuracies and glaring omissions. It got the number of victims wrong. While it did label the attack as antisemitic, it never once used the word “Jewish.” There is no mention of the victims’ families, of Run for Their Lives—the peaceful group that has walked every week since October 7 to keep the hostages’ memories alive—or of the fact that this was a hate crime. Instead, the resolution focuses almost entirely on the attacker, naming him 13 times.
These aren’t minor oversights — they erase the pain, fear, and trauma of a targeted community. While the resolution offered vague thanks to law enforcement, the only agency named specifically was immigration authorities, who had no involvement in the response.
It failed to mention the Boulder Police Department, whose officers ran toward danger to protect lives and later showed up in force so our community could gather safely at the Boulder Jewish Festival this past Sunday. That’s not solidarity; it’s political opportunism.
This was never about us. It was about Rep. Evans furthering his own political agenda. His resolution wasn’t written to bring comfort or healing to our community — it was written to inflame and divide.
Too many politicians would rather use the Jewish community than stand with us.
Let’s be clear: Jews are done being political footballs.
When politicians hijack our pain to justify hate against others, they’re not protecting Jews, they’re putting more targets on our backs. This is not a left-versus-right issue. Antisemitism festers wherever it’s allowed to go unchecked. We’ve seen Democrats go silent when Jew hatred is dressed up in social justice rhetoric, and Republicans exploit Jewish trauma to push their culture war agenda. President Trump used the June 1 attack as justification for his travel ban. That doesn’t make us safer, it makes us more vulnerable.
It should not be so hard to lead in moments like this. Show up. Call out Jew hate. Let the leaders who represent these communities speak on their behalf. We need more than statements. We need sustained, principled leadership. We need our elected officials to address the rise in antisemitism in our schools, our cities, and our campuses–not just when the cameras are on, but when it actually matters.
Because we are not props. We are your constituents, your neighbors, your fellow Americans.
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Stefanie Clarke and Mindy Miller are co-founders and co-executive directors of Stop Antisemitism Colorado, a bipartisan organization working to confront antisemitism through civic action, strategic engagement, and political accountability.
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