Antisemitism group calls on Biden to fire official who posted, deleted anti-Israel tweets: 'just horrifying'
An antisemitism watchdog group is calling for the Biden administration to fire a recently promoted White House official whose anti-Israel social media posts resurfaced this week.
StopAntisemitism said Tyler Cherry, who was promoted earlier this month as an associate communications director at the White House, called for the elimination of Israel and promoted anti-Israel viewpoints on social media going back years, as well as anti-police commentary.
"We're hoping this is the quickest hire and fire scenario in President Biden's administration to date," Stop Antisemitism founder Liora Rez told Fox News Digital. "For the Biden administration to either A, not vet properly, or B, to vet and then approve an inner circle appointee like this… is just horrifying."
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Cherry, who spent three years at the Department of Interior working for Secretary Deb Haaland, deleted almost 2,500 posts on X between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to the Social Blade analytics website.
White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the White House was "very proud to have Tyler on the team." Fox News Digital reached out to the White House again on Monday.
On Sunday, Cherry responded to the backlash following his promotion and his past tweets.
"Past social media posts from when I was younger do not reflect my current views," Cherry, who was in his 20s when he made the posts, wrote on X. "Period. I support this Administration's agenda – and will continue my communications work focused on our climate and environmental policies."
Some of his social media posts include a 2014 anti-Israel post that