White House adviser Sebastian Gorka Sebastian Lukacs GorkaSunday shows preview: Trump, lawmakers weigh in on COVID-19, masks and school reopenings amid virus surge Trump taps Gorka for national security advisory board Sunday shows preview: Coronavirus poses questions about school safety; Trump commutes Roger Stone sentence MORE on Sunday pushed back against charges of anti-Semitism and thanked those who have supported him amid reports he is being forced out of the administration.

"I'd like to thank everybody who has stood by me and this administration for the last 15 weeks," Gorka said at a conference hosted by The Jerusalem Post.

Gorka, who currently serves as a deputy assistant to Trump, dismissed anti-Semitic allegations, citing anecdotes about his father assisting Jewish neighbors during World War II.

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"I have spent my life fighting against totalitarian ideologies, and so has my father," said Gorka. "For me, jihadis are linked to fascists because they are totalitarians — and that is why I am proud to work for this administration."

Dozens of House Democrats called for Gorka's resignation last week, accusing him of being a founding member of the New Democratic Coalition, which they describe as anti-Semitic.

In a letter sent to the White House, Democrats accused Gorka of membership in the Hungarian Guard, which the letter says refers to Jews as "Zionist rats" and "locusts."

Gorka last week called recent reports that he would soon leave his role at the White House “very fake news."

Updated Monday 1:16 p.m.