Six years ago, neo-Nazis marched out of a field in Charlottesville, Virginia, literally carrying torches and neo-Nazi flags and spewing the same anti-Semitic bile was heard across Europe in the thirties. In the process, a young woman was killed. What did you hear? There are very fine people on both sides. Come on. A reminder, a reminder hate never goes away, it only hides. Give it just a little bit of oxygen. It comes off one of those rocks with a vengeance. The past several years hate been given too much oxygen, fueling a record rise in antisemitism. It’s simply wrong, it's immoral, it's unacceptable. It's on all of us. It's on all of us to stop it. We must say clearly and forcefully that antisemitism and all forms of hate and violence have no place in America. And silence, silence is complicity. We cannot remain silent. I will not remain silent. You should not either. That's why today I'm releasing the first ever national strategy to counter antisemitism. It's the most ambitious and comprehensive U.S. government led effort to fight antisemitism in American history and directs the whole of society, the whole of society effort in four keyways. First, increasing awareness and understanding of both antisemitism and Jewish American heritage. Second, improving safety and security for Jewish communities. Third, reversing the normalization of antisemitism and countering anti-Semitic discrimination. And fourth, building cross-community solidarity and collective action to fight hate. This tragedy includes over 100 bold and unprecedented actions that government agencies are going to take to counter antisemitism. And that includes calls for action for Congress, state and local governments, companies, technology platforms, civil society and faith leaders. All of them to act, act. Silence is complicity. All of us must stand united to affirm that an attack on any one group of us is an attack on all of us. This U.S. national strategy to counter antisemitism is a historic step forward. It sends a clear and forceful message. In America, evil will not win. Hate will not prevail. The venom and violence of antisemitism will not be the story of our time. We're committed. We're committed to restoring the soul of America and restoring it together. We're going to get to it now.
