Multiple people called into the Walnut Creek City Council meeting Tuesday to spew antisemitic propaganda, Bay City News reports. The calls appeared to be a coordinated effort, coming eight months after antisemitic leaflets were discovered in residential driveways in Walnut Creek and Concord.
One caller, who identified themselves as “Scottie,” phoned in to defend white supremacy in the face of what he called the “overwhelming issue of Jewish supremacy.”
Kevin Wilk, the City Council’s first Jewish member, was dismayed by the "pretty stunning comments.” Scottie was cut off.
"We've made great strides in our city to be inclusive and all-welcoming, and we refute this kind of antisemitic and any hate material in every way, shape and form," Wilk said earlier this year in response to the rise in antisemitism across his community. "There's more work to be done, but we as a council need to expose racism, antisemitism and hate crimes for what they are."