California weighing changes after state mails antisemitic candidate statement to voters

California’s secretary of state is weighing legislative changes after the office sent an antisemitic candidate statement to voters.

Earlier this month, the office sent out a guide to all registered voters in the US state with information on candidates in an upcoming election.

The guide included a statement from a fringe candidate, Don Grundmann, full of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel conspiracies, sparking outrage from Jewish groups as first reported by The Times of Israel.

Grundmann’s statement said that Israel assassinated Charlie Kirk with the knowledge of the US government; Israel murdered US sailors on the USS Liberty in 1967; Israelis perpetrated the September 11, 2001, terror attack; and that Israel plans to “suitcase nuke” the US.

“We are ‘goyim’ (less than human/animals/cattle) that they will enslave,” the statement said. “Talmud — their Bible — says Christ boiling in in [sic] Israel allowed/planned/promoted Hamas attack (they murdered their own people) to justify genocide and steal billion$.”

Jewish groups protested to the California secretary of state, saying Grundmann’s statement violated the office’s guidelines, and, by sending out the anti-Jewish conspiracies, the office had given the statement tacit approval.

The secretary of state’s office tells The Times of Israel: “The statements and opinions expressed by the candidates are their own and do not represent the views or policies of the Office of the Secretary of State.”

“We are working with the legislature to propose changes addressing concerns raised related to candidate statements,” the office says. “California Elections Code provisions must be updated to clearly address content that is not permitted, while preserving the ability of candidates to present their qualifications to voters.”

Grundmann’s statement remains on the office’s website.