HARTFORD — A Republican campaign manager who was fired in February after one of her tweets was criticized as “anti-Semitic” is suing the Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut and the ADL of Connecticut for defamation.
The civil lawsuit filed in New Britain Superior Court this week says that the campaign manager, Nicole Palmieri, has suffered emotional distress arising from the decision of the two organizations to label her “as an anti-Semite on social media.”
Palmieri has said in statements that she is “sickened at the implication that this tweet was motivated by any racial or religious bias. And I am saddened that people would rush to such judgement (sic) and believe that I would engage in such hurtful and awful speech.”
Palmieri has declined to remove the tweet and instead hired attorney Norman Pattis to represent her in the lawsuit.
Michael Bloom, executive director of JFAC, declined comment on the pending litigation. The ADL of Connecticut did not return calls or emails seeking comment Thursday.
According to the lawsuit, the ADL was the first to criticize the Feb. 20 tweet. When Palmieri tried to challenge the effort to “smear [her] name,” the ADL responded by accusing her of using a “stereotype around Jews and money.”
Palmieri tweeted a photo of Sen. Derek Slap shaking hands with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and added a caption that said: “Even Dick isn’t safe from Slap’s money grabbing.”
JFAC then posted on its Facebook page: “This type of stereotyping Jews as money grabbing is irresponsible and unacceptable. The use of anti-Semitic language and imagery as contained in this tweet is becoming normalized in our society and we must stand up and demand it stop.”
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