House Republicans Accuse American Psychological Association of Antisemitism in 22-Page Report
Photo: The New York TimesHouse Republicans on the Committee on Education and the Workforce accused the American Psychological Association of antisemitism in a 22-page report released Thursday, and the committee threatened the group's accreditation. The report examines public listservs and internal communications at the leading organization representing U.S. psychologists in the days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. It follows a monthslong Republican effort. One email cited was sent Oct. 12, 2023, by Cynthia de las Fuentes, then the association's president-elect, to Thema Bryant, a Pepperdine University psychology professor who was serving as president. According to emails obtained by the committee, de las Fuentes likened Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to racist police officers. Bryant had sent her the group's statement on the attack, which condemned Hamas's violence but called the situation complicated and did not use the word terrorism. The report says association leaders have too often minimized complaints. Hamas's attack killed more than 1,200 people.
The right-leaning Washington Free Beacon leads with the de las Fuentes email. Its headline names the former president and states that she likened Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to racist cops. It quotes her at length, notes the statement's missing word "terrorism," and describes the victims as innocent Jews. The left-leaning New York Times centers the institution and the politics. Its headline attributes the antisemitism charge to House Republicans, and it calls the report scathing and the culmination of a monthslong G.O.P. effort, referring to emails and other exchanges without naming individuals in the excerpt. Both sides rely on the committee's report and emails. They differ on whether the story is one leader's words or a partisan campaign against the group. The Hill's coverage resembles the Times in attribution but adds the accreditation threat.
How the sides differ Right sources stress one former leader's emails comparing Gazans to George Floyd; left sources frame it as a Republican accusation against the organization.
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The New York Times attributes the antisemitism charge to House Republicans and describes a scathing report ending a monthslong effort, focusing on the organization's emails and exchanges rather than on named individuals.
The Hill reports the 22-page committee report, its review of listservs and internal communications after Oct. 7, and the threat to the group's accreditation, quoting the report's criticism of leaders minimizing complaints.
The Washington Free Beacon leads with de las Fuentes's Oct. 12, 2023 email comparing Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to racist police, quoting her and criticizing the group's statement for omitting the word terrorism.