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'Squad' member deletes Tweet blaming 'white supremacy' for shooting (LOOK)

One of the members of 'The Squad' found herself in hot water because of a now deleted Tweet.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib got a lot of attention yesterday, after she tweeted that "white supremacy" was behind the Jersey City shooting that left multiple people dead.

But, according to the New York Times, one of the suspects had a connection to the Black Hebrew Israelites, many of whom subscribe to an extreme set of anti-Semitic beliefs. Those followers view themselves as the true “chosen people” and believe that blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are the true descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel, said Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism.

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Thursday that assailants David Anderson and Francine Graham had expressed interest in the Black Hebrew Israelites, but added that investigators "have not definitively established any formal links to that organization or to any other group."

Check out the now deleted Tweet, plus some reaction below, and read more HERE.


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