Chuck Schumer Antisemitic Attack in Boulder

"Mr. President, today Jewish Americans and all Americans mourn the aftermath of another antisemitic attack that took place yesterday in Boulder, Colorado. This time, it was a group of elderly people peacefully calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas, brutally attacked during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates God giving the Torah to the Jewish people.

This morning, I spoke with senior FBI officials and urged them to use the full power of the law to investigate this heinous attack. These victims did nothing wrong. They have no connection to the tragic conflict in the Middle East. It was reported that one of the victims was even a Holocaust survivor.

After all, all they were doing was expressing a simple plea: bring the hostages home. And because of their Jewish identity, they were targeted by hate. When antisemitism is allowed to spread into more areas of society, it has historically led to more terrorism and violence.

What happened in Washington and in Boulder is exactly that. Assigning collective or hereditary blame to Jews for what is happening now in the Middle East is blatantly antisemitic, and it is happening in too many corners of the United States today.

Our prayers are with the victims of the attack and their families, and we thank the first responders who apprehended the suspect before things got even worse."

On June 1, 2025, an arson attack in Boulder, Colorado, left 13 people injured, including the assailant, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national who had overstayed his U.S. visa. During a peaceful walk organized by "Run for Their Lives" in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza, Soliman used an improvised flamethrower and Molotov cocktails against participants, injuring individuals ranging in age from 52 to 88, including a Holocaust survivor.

Soliman, who had planned the attack for a year, faces 42 state charges, including attempted murder and federal hate crime charges. The FBI is investigating the incident as a targeted terrorist attack, and President Trump criticized current immigration policies, blaming them for allowing Soliman to remain in the country.

The attack has heightened concerns about the rise of antisemitism in the United States, especially amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. Authorities and Jewish communities have expressed alarm and called for strengthened security measures to prevent future acts of hate.