‘We feel his presence in the department is threatening’


Fritz Berggren, a US foreign service officer, has a website on which he assails Jews, LGBTQs, and calls for the creation of Christian nation-states.
Fritz Berggren, a US foreign service officer, has a website on which he assails Jews, LGBTQs, and calls for the creation of Christian nation-states. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A group of more than 70 State Department officials sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voicing alarm about “an openly antisemitic department employee who continues to have a home in our midst,” calling for his removal, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Foreign Policy.

Fritz Berggren, a US foreign service officer, maintains a website, bloodandfaith.com, where he writes online posts and publishes video and audio files assailing Jews, the LGBTQ community, and calling for the creation of Christian nation-states.

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