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08-20-2019, 03:44 PM
On the other hand, Trump sees anybody who does not vote for Trump as disloyal.
Jewish groups condemned President Trump’s Tuesday remarks calling American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal.
The president’s Oval Office comment wrongly suggests Jews have a dual loyalty claim to Israel and plays on anti-Semitic tropes, the groups said.
“This is 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,” said Halie Soifer, Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director.
Trump’s comment, “I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” didn’t directly state whether he’s speaking about disloyalty for him or for Israel.
Either way, it’s wrong, Soifer said in an emailed 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,” she said.
Left-leaning Jewish advocacy group J Street called the comment "disgusting," point out that, in fact, most Jewish Americans tend to vote Democratic.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) said that political affiliation is not tied to religious identity and urged Trump to stop making his "divisive" and "disrespectful" judgements.
Trump’s comments follow his push last week for Israel to block Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) from visiting over their support for a boycott of the nation. The move, and his support of it, were also widely condemned by Jewish groups.
Trump has previously conflated Jewish Americans with Israelis. In April, speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “your prime minister.”
Jewish groups condemned President Trump’s Tuesday remarks calling American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal.
The president’s Oval Office comment wrongly suggests Jews have a dual loyalty claim to Israel and plays on anti-Semitic tropes, the groups said.
“This is 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,” said Halie Soifer, Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director.
Trump’s comment, “I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” didn’t directly state whether he’s speaking about disloyalty for him or for Israel.
Either way, it’s wrong, Soifer said in an emailed 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,” she said.
Left-leaning Jewish advocacy group J Street called the comment "disgusting," point out that, in fact, most Jewish Americans tend to vote Democratic.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) said that political affiliation is not tied to religious identity and urged Trump to stop making his "divisive" and "disrespectful" judgements.
Trump’s comments follow his push last week for Israel to block Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) from visiting over their support for a boycott of the nation. The move, and his support of it, were also widely condemned by Jewish groups.
Trump has previously conflated Jewish Americans with Israelis. In April, speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “your prime minister.”