Trump accused of 'dipping into a deep well of anti-Semitic tropes' during speech to Jewish voters
Source: Washington Post
Numerous Jewish groups castigated President Trump this weekend over his speech on Saturday to the Israeli American Council, accusing him of using anti-Semitic tropes while trying to appeal to Jewish voters.
In a 45-minute speech in Hollywood, Fla., Trump sought to convince a Jewish audience that they had no choice but to vote for him or else lose money to Democratic presidential contenders wealth tax plans. The president, while touting his administrations relationship with Israel, also said some Jews dont love Israel enough, recalling the time in August that he questioned the loyalty of Jews who vote for Democrats.
Trump touts accomplishments in address meant to woo Jewish voters and bolster support in Florida
The Jewish Democratic Council of America called the presidents remarks deeply offensive and his use of stereotypes unconscionable, saying that the Saturday night remarks only reinforce our belief ... that Donald Trump is the biggest threat to American Jews.
We strongly denounce these vile and bigoted remarks in which the president once again used anti-Semitic stereotypes to characterize Jews as driven by money and insufficiently loyal to Israel, the groups executive director, Halie Soifer, said in a statement. He even had the audacity to suggest that Jews have no choice but to support him. American Jews do have a choice, and theyre not choosing President Trump or the Republican Party, which has been complicit in enacting his hateful agenda.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/09/trump-israeli-american-council-anti-semitic-claims/
Pachamama
(16,884 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)I bet Bannon has someone coming up with a short list for him to practice on the campaign trail, which is how he rallies support from those organizations and their followers.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)since he's loyal to Russia. Funny how that works. He claims liberal Jews aren't sufficiently loyal to Israel, since he's the judge of people's loyalty.
My whole life people have told me that nonwhites or children of immigrants are not loyal to the US. They claimed Obama was loyal to Kenya, not the US. They said LTC Vindman was loyal to Ukraine, not the US. Deplorables are still online telling black Americans to "go back" to Africa. But no one thinks white are loyal to European countries.