Thursday, July 30, 2026

Young American Jews Attacking Trump

This guy really is a real creep; Jacob Daniel Auchincloss (/ˈɔːkɪnklɒs/ AW-kin-kloss; born January 29, 1988) is an American politician, businessman, and Marine Corps officer serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Newton City Council from 2015 to 2021. Born to a wealthy family in New England, Auchincloss graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 2010. Commissioned into the U.S. Marine Corps that same year, he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 and to Panama in 2014. He currently serves in the Marine Corps Reserve with the rank of major. Returning home from the military, Auchincloss ran for Newton city council in 2015. After his election victory, he earned an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was re-elected in 2017 and 2019. In 2020, he was elected to the United States Congress at age 32, succeeding Joe Kennedy III. Early life and education Jacob Daniel Auchincloss was born on January 29, 1988, in Newton, Massachusetts, to Laurie Glimcher and Hugh Auchincloss.[1] He is Jewish by matrilineality and was raised Jewish.[2] His father is of Scottish ancestry.[3] Both of his parents are physician-scientists specializing in immunology. His father, also a surgeon, served briefly as the interim director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases after Anthony Fauci resigned in 2023.[4] His mother is a scientist and the former president and CEO of Dana–Farber Cancer Institute who was at the center of several controversies prior to stepping down from her leadership role.[5][6][7] Auchincloss's maternal grandfather, Melvin J. Glimcher, pioneered the development of artificial limbs and the robotic arm, and was chair of orthopedic surgery at Harvard University.[8][9] Auchincloss's grandfather was first cousin once removed from Hugh D. Auchincloss Jr., step-father to both First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy and author Gore Vidal.[10] Auchincloss was raised in Newton with his sister, Kalah, and attended Newton North High School.[11] Auchincloss studied government and economics at Harvard University, graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps[12] then returned to school and earned a Master of Business Administration in finance in 2016 from the MIT Sloan School of Management.[13][14]

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