Jimdamick
Well-Known Member
Trump on Tuesday told reporters that "any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat" are either uninformed or show "great disloyalty."
Trump made the comments after he was asked about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's suggestion that the U.S. might want to reconsider how much it pays Israel in aid after she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., were barred from entering the country last week.
He again attacked the two Democrats — saying Tlaib had said "horrible things" about Israel and that Omar is "a disaster for Jewish people." He also baselessly accused Tlaib, an American of Palestinian descent, of violence.
"I can't even believe that we're having this conversation. Five years ago, the concept of even talking about this — even three years ago — of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people that hate Israel and hate Jewish people. I can't believe we're even having this conversation," Trump fumed.
"Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they're defending these two people over the state of Israel? And I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty, alright?"
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said those statements were anti-Semitic.
“Accusing Jews of having allegiance to a foreign government has long been a vile anti-Semitic slur that has been used to harass, marginalize, and persecute the Jewish people for centuries,"
Halie Soifer, Executive Director of Jewish Democratic Council of America, called Trump's comments "yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism."
"At a time when anti-Semitic incidents have increased — due to the president's emboldening of white nationalism — Trump is repeating an anti-Semitic trope," she said in a statement. "If this is about Israel, then Trump is repeating a dual loyalty claim, which is a form of anti-Semitism. If this is about Jews being "loyal" to him, then Trump needs a reality check. We live in a democracy, and Jewish support for the Republican Party has been halved in the past four years."
Anyone with an iota of intelligence knows what he's talking about, and that is his apparent belief that if you (Jews) vote for me, and I'll take care of your true homeland, Israel.
At least that's the impression I was left with, and I don't think that it did the Jewish community any favors with that implication
The guy can't open his fucking mouth without sticking his foot in it.
Trump made the comments after he was asked about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's suggestion that the U.S. might want to reconsider how much it pays Israel in aid after she and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., were barred from entering the country last week.
He again attacked the two Democrats — saying Tlaib had said "horrible things" about Israel and that Omar is "a disaster for Jewish people." He also baselessly accused Tlaib, an American of Palestinian descent, of violence.
"I can't even believe that we're having this conversation. Five years ago, the concept of even talking about this — even three years ago — of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people that hate Israel and hate Jewish people. I can't believe we're even having this conversation," Trump fumed.
"Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they're defending these two people over the state of Israel? And I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty, alright?"
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said those statements were anti-Semitic.
“Accusing Jews of having allegiance to a foreign government has long been a vile anti-Semitic slur that has been used to harass, marginalize, and persecute the Jewish people for centuries,"
Halie Soifer, Executive Director of Jewish Democratic Council of America, called Trump's comments "yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism."
"At a time when anti-Semitic incidents have increased — due to the president's emboldening of white nationalism — Trump is repeating an anti-Semitic trope," she said in a statement. "If this is about Israel, then Trump is repeating a dual loyalty claim, which is a form of anti-Semitism. If this is about Jews being "loyal" to him, then Trump needs a reality check. We live in a democracy, and Jewish support for the Republican Party has been halved in the past four years."
Anyone with an iota of intelligence knows what he's talking about, and that is his apparent belief that if you (Jews) vote for me, and I'll take care of your true homeland, Israel.
At least that's the impression I was left with, and I don't think that it did the Jewish community any favors with that implication
The guy can't open his fucking mouth without sticking his foot in it.
