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By Sam Dorman | Fox News

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., received a flurry of attention on Thursday after she tweeted that “white supremacy” was behind the Jersey City shooting that left multiple people dead.

“This is heartbreaking. White supremacy kills,” Tlaib said in the since-deleted message that linked to a tweet by progressive Jewish group IfNotNow that memorialized the victims of Tuesday’s shooting at a kosher supermarket.

JERSEY CITY MAYOR: KOSHER MARKET ATTACK WAS A HATE CRIME, ANTI-SEMITISM MUST BE CALLED OUT

According to the New York Times, one of the suspects had a connection to the Black Hebrew Israelites, many of whom subscribe to an extreme set of anti-Semitic beliefs. Those followers view themselves as the true “chosen people” and believe that blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are the true descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel, said Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Thursday that assailants David Anderson and Francine Graham had expressed interest in the Black Hebrew Israelites, but added that investigators “have not definitively established any formal links to that organization or to any other group.”

Many Twitter users poked fun at Tlaib’s error.

Siraj Hashmi✔@SirajAHashmi

The Black Hebrew Israelites perpetrated the anti-Semitic attack in Jersey City this week. @RashidaTlaib is literally whitewashing it right now.

Caleb Hull ✔@CalebJHull

Um, @RashidaTlaib the shooters were black…

It’s unclear what prompted Tlaib’s error. Her office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment but eventually pointed Fox News to a previous tweet in which she lamented the shooting.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib✔@RepRashida

It was beyond heartbreaking to learn of what appears to be another anti-Semitic act of violence. The hate growing in our country is toxic. https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/12/shocked-jersey-city-struggles-with-day-of-violence-after-shooting-left-police-officer-5-others-dead.html …Shocked Jersey City struggles with day of violence after shooting left police officer, 5 others deadSecurity cameras show that the shooters targeted the Kosher grocery store on MLK Drive, Jersey City’s mayor said.nj.com4831:24 PM – Dec 11, 2019

Tuesday’s mass shooting was the latest attack on the Jewish community in the United States. Democrats like Tlaib have frequently blamed mass shootings like those on white nationalist ideology and white supremacist groups.Sam Dorman is a reporter with Fox News.

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