ATLANTA,GEORGIA (VINnews) — Senator David Perdue who is running to retain his seat in Georgia, placed an attacking add in which he accused his opponent, Jon Ossoff, of trying to “buy Georgia.” However Perdue was forced to delete the add immediately since it artificially enlarged the nose of his Jewish opponent.
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The add used an old Reuters image of Ossoff from 2017 but according to three graphic design experts who spoke with the Forward, it lengthened and widened his nose, even as other parts of his face stayed the same size and proportions.
In response, the Perdue campaign claimed that the distortion of Ossoff was a mistake and would be removed from Facebook where it was posted.
A Perdue campaign statement said that “In the graphic design process handled by an outside vendor, the photo was resized and a filter was applied, which appears to have caused an unintentional error that distorted the image. Obviously, this was accidental, but to ensure there is absolutely no confusion, we have immediately removed the image from Facebook. Anybody who implies that this was anything other than an inadvertent error is intentionally misrepresenting Senator Perdue’s strong and consistent record of standing firmly against anti-Semitism and all forms of hate.”
Ossoff was not mollified by the explanation and wrote on Twitter that “Sitting U.S. Senator David Perdue’s digital attack ad distorted my face to enlarge and extend my nose. I’m Jewish. This is the oldest, most obvious, least original anti-Semitic trope in history. Senator, literally no one believes your excuses.” Ossoff demanded that Perdue apologize for the “blatantly antisemitic” ad.
Senator David Perdue just ran an attack ad that artificially enlarged the nose of his Jewish opponent, Jon @Ossoff.
The ad claims that “Democrats are trying to buy Georgia.”
This is blatant antisemitism. It’s not an accident. It’s their platform.@Perduesenate, apologize now. pic.twitter.com/h0sOpllgHe
— Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) July 28, 2020
Dov Wilker, the head of the AJC’s Atlanta office, wrote that “We were shocked to see Senator Perdue’s add and to learn that Jon Ossoff’s nose had been altered. This along with the reference to a Jewish senator and reference to “buying Georgia” evokes antisemitic imagery that is best confined to the dustbin of history. We call upon the Senator to apologize and would be happy to meet with him and his staff to discuss antisemitism as it continues its steady rise at home and abroad.”
Do the editors even read these articles before they post? The word is ad not add.
Fake news
The word is spelled ad with one d.
This article makes me embarrassed to be a Jew. If Jon Ossof has nothing better to offer as a candidate than claims of victimhood, maybe he shouldn’t be running. We Jews are bigger than that. But at least he knows the difference between “Ad” and “Add”, which the editor of this article apparently does not!
Much ado about nothing
Hete’s a vote for Sen. Perdue.
As a Jew, I don’t want more leftie Jews in government.
They’re a disgrace and danger.
Ad, not add
We’ve seen this type of subtle and blatant anti-semitism before. 1982, following Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, scores of newspapers in the USA, ran very anti-semitic caricatures of Menachem Begin, showing a Jew with a long hook nose, and a Star of David. These momzarim, despite their phony denials, know exactly what they are doing.
Apparently the Jews who responded to this article are so downgraded and debased that they make excuses for blatant antisemitism by this GOP bigot. The dictionary definition of self-hating Jews. What next? Will they put on a swastika face mask in Walmart to prove how much they love Trump?
You’ve been here and on other sites snce your bar mitzvah_ you keep referring to Trump as a bigot.
Now finally , alter kocker _ prove it already !!
They used “add” for a reason. he “added” to the nose. Great play on words. Clever.
AY, you’re constantly making excuses for your Dem Jew haters . Good for Perdue , we don’t want more JEWCOUP turd in Congress.
This is blatant anti-Semitism and lying on top of it. You cannot resize a photo with only the the nose having changed dimensions and not the rest of the face. Ridiculous.
The size of the nose is so slight that only those who have hate in their heads and heart will see that on others.
If you have worked with pictures on computers you know that computer formats distort. Much ado about nothing. And if you think the size of a nose (especially since there are no other distortions) makes a Jew then your Yiddishkeit is worth gurnisht.
keep on repeating your fantasies…how come no one has ever seen an ANTIFA member?…they simply do not exist…as to my hatred of Trump?….absolutely and I’m proud of it….as to his Frum supporters?…I feel badly for them…they are generally ignorant, closeminded, uneducated and pressured to conform to whatever their corrupt leadership decrees…as can be seen from posts here… just look at any post from Archie…you are one of the few who can string together coherent English sentences even though your views are misguided
Antifa Does exist , but not for long as the Boooooogolo Boys are continuously on their tail beating the pulp out of them .