DGA Calls on Dan Cox to Denounce Son’s Hateful, Antisemitic Messages

DGA Calls on Dan Cox to Denounce Son's Hateful, Antisemitic Messages

Reporting from Jewish Insider reveals Dan Cox's son and bodyguard, Josiah Cox, sent disgusting antisemitic Facebook messages. Josiah Cox called Jews "pedophiles and Satan-worshipping scum, and said he "longs for" the day that "Christ returns and wipes them off the face of the earth."

"Josiah Cox's antisemitic comments are violent, horrific, and make Jewish Marylanders less safe," said DGA spokesperson Kevin Donohoe. "Dan Cox needs to explain his silence when asked about these comments this morning, denounce his son's antisemitism, and apologize to Jewish Marylanders who have been harmed by the hateful, bigoted, and violent language expressed by Josiah Cox."

Jewish Insider: Son of GOP challenger to Gov. Wes Moore called Jews 'pedophiles' and 'Satan worshipping scum'

• The son - and one-time campaign worker - of Dan Cox, the Republican nominee challenging Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, sent Facebook messages predicting "Israel will fall" and calling Jews "scum who killed my savior Jesus" and the "Synagogue of Satan," according to a post from a GOP consultant.

• "Jewish customs disgust me," one of the screen-grabbed missives reads. "You're pedophiles and Satan worshipping scum and you slaughter innocents all around the world."

• The message continues: "Israel will fall either by the might of the nations God sends against it or in the end times when Christ returns and wipes them off the face of the earth. I long for that day. Enjoy the rockets you brought on yourself."

• Another of the images Levine posted includes the references to killing Jesus and the "Synagogue of Satan," ancient antisemitic libels. Josiah Cox also declared himself "More right wing that [sic] you can imagine."

• "Christ is king, down with zionists," that message concludes.

• Cox - a 2020 election denier who had helped bus supporters to President Donald Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, rally and called former Vice President Mike Pence a traitor - won Trump's endorsement and even a fundraiser that the then-former president hosted at Mar-a-Lago during his previous run against Moore in 2022. Maryland campaign finance records show that Josiah Cox made thousands of dollars off his father's 2022 race against the eventually victorious Moore.

• Neither Cox responded to repeated questions from JI.

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