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 really he dealt pinch nan culprits who initiated nan "f--- nan Jews" motion astatine 1 of nan company’s bars.

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

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

"Good connected @stoolpresidente for not only instantly moving to reside nan horrific show of dislike displayed successful Philadelphia, nan City of Brotherly Love, past nighttime but besides utilizing it arsenic an opportunity to amended connected nan tragic history of anti-Jewish hatred and violence," McCormick wrote.

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

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

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

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

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

The "f--- nan Jews" motion appeared astatine 1 of Barstool Sports’ bars successful Philadelphia connected Saturday. A man who posted nan video showed others laughing, singing and dancing arsenic euphony blared successful nan background. The sports media characteristic initially said he 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 really want to ruin somebody’s life?" Portnoy said. "And fto maine beryllium honest, I don’t cognize what’s going connected successful nan world … I’ve been doing Barstool for 20 years, I’ve had much hate, much antisemitism successful nan past year, twelvemonth and a half, than I’ve ever had doing it," Portnoy explained.

Ben Stiller attends nan 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 aliases what’s going connected successful nan Middle East – conscionable hating groups of people. You dislike my parents, you dislike my grandparents – s--- for illustration that, it’s crazy. So, yeah, my first guidance was I’m going to pain these group to nan ground, their families, everything. And it’s like, you cognize what? Maybe that’s not nan champion people of action. Maybe I tin usage this arsenic a school moment."

Portnoy said he will effort to move a "hideous incident" into a learning moment.

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

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

Portnoy said 2 different waitresses progressive successful nan incident were fired.

"I’ve been shaking. I’ve been truthful f---ing huffy for nan past 2 hours," he said successful his first video. "I’m going to make 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 nan emergence since nan Oct. 7, 2023, terrorists attacks by Hamas connected Jewish group in Israel.

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The Anti-Defamation League said past period that nan number of incidents successful nan U.S. reached a grounds precocious past year, pinch much than half of nan 9,354 incidents being related to Israel.

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