Dave Portnoy receives praise for handling of antisemitic incident at Barstool bar

Ben Stiller, Sen. Dave McCormick and others praised Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy for however helium dealt with the culprits who initiated the "f--- the Jews" motion astatine 1 of the company’s bars.

Portnoy said successful a video connected Sunday that the 2 men who initiated the antisemitic signage astatine the Philadelphia constitution were going to beryllium sent to Auschwitz successful Poland to larn astir the Holocaust. More than 1.1 cardinal Jews were killed successful Nazi attraction camps astatine the site.

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Barstool laminitis and CEO Dave Portnoy is seen earlier the Florida Atlantic Owls and Loyola (Il) Ramblers crippled successful the Barstool Invitational astatine Wintrust Arena connected Nov. 8, 2023 successful Chicago. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

"Good connected @stoolpresidente for not lone instantly moving to code the horrific show of hatred displayed successful Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, past nighttime but besides utilizing it arsenic an accidental to amended connected the tragic past of anti-Jewish hatred and violence," McCormick wrote.

"We can’t look the different mode astatine antisemitism. It needs to beryllium identified, called out, and crushed whenever it rears its disfigured head."

Stiller "agreed" with Portnoy connected going scorched-earth connected the culprits. However, Portnoy yet cooled disconnected and decided to amended the men connected the horrors of the Holocaust instead.

"Everyone needs to telephone retired antisemitism erstwhile they spot it. Thank you @stoolpresidente for doing the existent enactment to guarantee change," X CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote.

"This is simply a large usage of money," ex-NFL sideline newsman Michele Tafoya added.

"True Leadership," ex-MMA combatant Chael Sonnen wrote.

The "f--- the Jews" motion appeared astatine 1 of Barstool Sports’ bars successful Philadelphia connected Saturday. A antheral who posted the video showed others laughing, singing and dancing arsenic euphony blared successful the background. The sports media property initially said helium was connected a "mission to ruing these people." 

However, it appeared cooler heads prevailed.

"These are young f---ing morons who did this. They’re drunk. Do you truly privation to ruin somebody’s life?" Portnoy said. "And fto maine beryllium honest, I don’t cognize what’s going connected successful the satellite … I’ve been doing Barstool for 20 years, I’ve had much hate, much antisemitism successful the past year, twelvemonth and a half, than I’ve ever had doing it," Portnoy explained.

Ben Stiller attends the 28th Annual Critics' Choice Awards astatine Fairmont Century Plaza connected Jan. 15, 2023 successful Los Angeles. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

"And I’m not talking authorities oregon what’s going connected successful the Middle East – conscionable hating groups of people. You hatred my parents, you hatred my grandparents – s--- similar that, it’s crazy. So, yeah, my archetypal absorption was I’m going to pain these radical to the ground, their families, everything. And it’s like, you cognize what? Maybe that’s not the champion people of action. Maybe I tin usage this arsenic a teaching moment."

Portnoy said helium volition effort to crook a "hideous incident" into a learning moment.

"I talked to some the culprits who I cognize are ace progressive successful it, talked to the families. I’m sending these kids to Auschwitz. They’ve agreed to go. That’s, of people the Holocaust attraction camps. Been successful interaction with (New England Patriots squad proprietor Robert Kraft) who tally the anti-hate group.

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"We’re gonna nonstop these kids to Auschwitz. They’re gonna bash a circuit of the attraction camps (in Poland). Hopefully larn something. Maybe their lives aren’t ruined, and they deliberation doubly and, much importantly, different radical spot it’s not conscionable words you’re throwing around. To me, that’s a just result of this event."

Portnoy said 2 different waitresses progressive successful the incidental were fired.

"I’ve been shaking. I’ve been truthful f---ing huffy for the past 2 hours," helium said successful his archetypal video. "I’m going to marque it my life’s f---ing ngo to ruin these people. I’m coming to your throat, I’m ne'er ending."

Antisemitism has been connected the emergence since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorists attacks by Hamas connected Jewish radical in Israel.

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The Anti-Defamation League said past period that the fig of incidents successful the U.S. reached a grounds precocious past year, with much than fractional of the 9,354 incidents being related to Israel.

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