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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Some of you I don't like at all And you're going to be my biggest supporters," Trump told the Israe
People who vote for trump have no self-respect at all.
"Some of you I dont like at all. And youre going to be my biggest supporters," Trump told the Israeli American Council. https://huffpost.com/entry/jews-denounce-iac-wealth-stereotypes_n_5ded7f16e4b07f6835b4c534?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol
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12/08/2019 08:28 pm ET Updated 1 hour ago
Trump Slammed For Insisting Killer Real Estate Jews Will Back Him To Save Their Wealth
The presidents comments at the Israeli American Council summit were called vile and bigoted.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jews-denounce-iac-wealth-stereotypes_n_5ded7f16e4b07f6835b4c534?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
Jewish groups denounced President Donald Trump Sunday for anti-Semitic tropes after he referred to some Jewish voters in the real estate business as brutal killers who will vote for him to dodge a wealth tax.
Trump also complained that some Jews dont love Israel enough in a speech Saturday at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Florida before a supportive crowd that chanted four more years.
Halie Soifer, the executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, called Trumps comments vile and bigoted in a statement. Trumps deeply offensive remarks ... including his unconscionable repeating of negative stereotypes that have been used historically to target Jews, only reinforce our belief ... that Donald Trump is the biggest threat to American Jews, Soifer added.
Author Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg tweeted: Its not even coded anti-semitism. Its not a dog whistle. Hes saying this. Out loud. To a room full of Jews..........................................
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"Some of you I don't like at all And you're going to be my biggest supporters," Trump told the Israe (Original Post)
riversedge
Dec 2019
OP
What a great way to win over voters while being overtly anti-Semitic at the same time!
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#3
Maybe the audience was pleased, but it looks like many others are not.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#8
marble falls
(57,396 posts)1. Only if he's got any "dirt" on them.
FM123
(10,054 posts)2. Just wow.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,922 posts)3. What a great way to win over voters while being overtly anti-Semitic at the same time!
I hope this is distributed far and wide. I can't imagine why there would be a "supportive crowd" after those remarks.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. The crowd didn't seem to mind at all.
They were cheering and chanting 4 more years. Looks like it was a great way for him to win them over.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,922 posts)8. Maybe the audience was pleased, but it looks like many others are not.
I hope this gets a lot of coverage.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)4. They chanted "four more years"
After being insulted. I don't get that.
The Blue Flower
(5,447 posts)5. Yet they cheered, laughed, and clapped
My disgust is not only for il drumpf.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. Well, that took some nerve.
Lexee
(377 posts)9. And they will still vote for them. Chanting four more years. Wow.