Pittsburgh rabbi told Trump that hate speech led to synagogue massacre

[DonViejo]

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor

Updated 5:23 PM ET, Sat November 3, 2018

Pittsburgh (CNN)In a short but impassioned sermon Saturday, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers blamed politicians for a rise in hateful rhetoric, saying it led to the massacre at his synagogue last week in which 11 Jews were slain in the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history.

Myers said he delivered that message personally to President Donald Trump when he and first lady Melania Trump visited Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha, the site of the shooting, on Tuesday.

"I said to him, 'Mr. President, hate speech leads to hateful actions. Hate speech leads to what happened in my sanctuary, where seven of my congregants were slaughtered. I witnessed it with my eyes."

According police, the man accused of the attack yelled that he wanted to "kill Jews," in part because Jewish groups have been helping refugees settle in the United States.

Wearing a rainbow-colored prayer shawl and a Pittsburgh-themed yarmulke, the rabbi made his distaste for Washington clear but also said he does not "foist blame" on the President or "any one person" for the attack.

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[DeminPennswoods]

1. Went in one ear and out the other

Trump has only wratcheted up the rhetoric since then.

[Achilleaze]

2. "We republicans are the party of personal irresponsibility." - Dirty Donny* (R)

"So shut up and sit down with all your talk of honesty, respect, caring, sharing, and American Ideals, while we republicans and our russian cronies continue to pump the atmosphere full of ignorance and hate." - Dirty Donny* (R)

* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief & republican family-values role model.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. "But it works . . . . . ! ! ! "

You can't argue with Trump about his version of "success".

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. this explains the radical Republican extremist Party

The Republican Party is the party of radicalization and extremism. This wins votes they would not otherwise get, and so they do not care about the consequences. They have demonstrated this over and over.