"A woman who was #elected on Tuesday to a leadership position in the influential #Brooklyn #DemocraticParty has apologized for a #socialmedia post from last year that amplified #antisemitic comments and #conspiracytheories.

#CarmellaCharrington, whose #candidacy was supported by #democraticsocialist lawmakers, recirculated a video that highlighted a series of pamphlets in a newspaper owned by #HenryFord, the industrialist who founded #Ford Motor Company, that later became a book in the 1920s. The book highlighted well-worn conspiracy theories that #Jews controlled business and the media, and it blamed them for many of the country’s problems.

“The only way to change is understanding the truth!” Ms. #Charrington wrote in her post, which was first reported by #Jewish Insider.

Reached by telephone on Friday, Ms. Charrington said she was not antisemitic[...]" 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/charrington-ford-jews-antisemitic-apology.html