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Illinois comptroller’s office attorney fired for antisemitic ‘gas
chamber’ comments
By Melissa Koenig
Published Oct. 20, 2023, 8:19 a.m. ET
An attorney serving in the Illinois state Comptroller’s Office has been
fired for an antisemitic tirade in which she told a Jewish person that
she wanted them to face the gas chamber and said, “Hitler should have
eradicated all of you.”
Sarah Chowdhury referred to Jews as “vermin” and said “all Zionists
should pay” in private messages with an Instagram account called Big Law
Boiz.
Other messages, which the Instagram user screenshotted and were later
posted to X, included, “Hopefully someone sends you anthrax or poison
and you die a slow terrible death.”
In the messages, she also said, “I’d rather put you in a gas chamber”
and “Hitler should have eradicated all of you.”
The comptroller’s office said in a statement Thursday it was made aware
of Chowdhury’s private messages around 12:30 p.m., and Comptroller
Susana Mendoza contacted her about an hour and a half later.
Chowdhury was fired after she admitted making at least some of the comments.
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“Comptroller Mendoza has zero tolerance for antisemitism or hate
speech,” the comptroller’s office said in a statement.
She was also ousted from her position as president of the South Asian
Law Association.
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pictured at an event.
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Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s office announced Thursday it had
fired attorney Sarah Chowdhury for antisemitic comments she made.
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“The South Asian Bar Association of Chicago stands against hate,
bigotry, and bias in any form,” the group said in a statement on Facebook.
Of Chowdhury’s comments, the bar association said: “We are deeply
saddened and horrified by her words and their impact on our friends,
families, and colleagues, and apologize for any harm they may have caused.
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“Her words are and will never be reflective of SABA Chicago,” it
continued. “To be clear, SABA Chicago condemns such hateful rhetoric and
is committed to supporting our communities and all those impacted by hate.”
“We will not tolerate such behavior by any of our members.”
The statement from the Illinois State Comptroller's office.
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The comptroller’s office said in a statement Chowdhury was fired after
admitting making some of the comments.
Chowdhury said she is “extremely” sorry for the “inappropriate and
reprehensible” comments, and apologized to the person she messaged and
anyone who read her comments, in remarks to the Chicago Tribune.
She said she was distraught over the ongoing war between Israel and
Hamas and grew frustrated with the way the conflict was being covered by
the media and discussed on social media.
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“I don’t know what came over me,” Chowdhury said. “I was in a state of
panic.
“Antisemitism has no place anywhere.”
The Illinois State Capitol is pictured.
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Chowdhury was also ousted from her position as president of the South
Asian Law Association.
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Chowdhury is just the latest in a string of Americans who have lost
their jobs over antisemitic remarks in recent days.
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Citibank announced Thursday it fired one of its staffers after she
posted “revolting” commentary on Instagram that endorsed the mass murder
of Jewish people during the Holocaust.
“No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of all of them,” Nozima
Husainova wrote with a smiley-face emoji in an Instagram Story, which
has since been deleted along with the 25-year-old’s Instagram and other
social media accounts.
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Husainova had written the explosive comment in response to a post about
the Gaza hospital bombing that was initially blamed on Israel but was
later revealed to have been caused by the Islamic Jihad terror group
after its operatives misfired a rocket.
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pro-Hamas Facebook post, where she celebrated the “glory” of the
terrorist group and wished for “no peace on stolen land.”