On March 6th at at 10:46AM, The Hill's Twitter account posted: "WATCH: Man waves swastika flag at Sanders rally" with an image depicting Jewish Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders waving to the crowd, a blatant insinuation that Sanders stood in solidarity with the Nazi. The Hill has since removed their Tweet and the article is gone.

The Hill is just one of many popular news outlets to fabricate connections between Sanders and the genocidal regime of Adolf Hitler. After Sanders' decisive victory in the Nevada caucus, renowned MSNBC host Chris Matthews analogized the outcome to the Nazi invasion of France, which in conjunction with allegations of sexual harassment, undoubtedly played a role in his canning from the network.

In the first year of Donald Trump's presidency, hate crimes against Jewish people in the US rose more than 37%. Trump is well-known for his racist comments. Meanwhile, the Democratic establishment's alleged safe choice Joe Biden has a political career riddled with gaffs such as his casual usage of an antisemitic slur and his reassurance that 'poor kids' are just as smart as 'white kids' as recently as August 2019. If news outlets continue their disinformation campaign against Sanders, right-wing media attacks on Biden will secure 4 more years of a Trump presidency.

Another 4 years of Trump means another surge in hate crimes. It spells disaster for detained children, for queer people, for people of color, for the sick, for the undocumented. Efforts to blunt Sanders, the strongest contrast to Trump's demagoguery, is an attack on society's most vulnerable. To the editors of The Hill and other publications which claim to oppose antisemitism and other forms of oppression: do your job and paint a more honest picture of race relations in this country.