City councilor Kendra Lara apologizes and removes the heavily criticized tweet.

A Boston-area politician apologized for promoting antisemitic tropes on social media after being rebuked by Jewish Twitter users and community organizations.

“Ya’ll are letting the Zionists SHAKE YOU DOWN. phew!” Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara tweeted on Thursday, responding to the 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that laws restricting corporations from boycotting Israel are not unconstitutional.

As reported by the Algemeiner
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