An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Israel-Hamas war. A spokesperson for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said in a statement Thursday that the employee was “immediately fired” after she admitted to some of the posts.
FILE - The Illinois State Capitol is seen Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Springfield, Ill. An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted antisemitic comments on social media during an exchange about the latest Hamas-Israel war. A spokesman for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said in a statement Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, that the employee was “immediately fired” after she admitted to some of the posts. SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
“Comptroller Mendoza has zero tolerance for anti-semitism or hate speech,” Mendoza spokesperson Abdon Pallasch said in the statement, which does not name the employee. Social media postings identified the employee as Sarah Chowdhury, who worked as a legal counsel for the comptroller’s office. Chowdhury said she was distraught over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and grew frustrated by the way the conflict was being covered by the media and discussed through social media platforms.
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