Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’
During a rambling press conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon, President Trump said that any Jews who vote for Democrats are showing “great disloyalty.” Whether he meant to him or to the United States is open for debate, though in Trump’s mind there is no difference between the two:
Reaction was swift, particularly from Rep. Ilhan Omar, who Trump and other conservatives have spent months accusing of disloyalty to America over her criticisms of Israel’s repression of Palestinians:
Oh my https://t.co/hChOjPAzHV
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 20, 2019
“The vast majority of American Jews are either ignorant or disloyal’ – The President of the United States, who is an antisemite https://t.co/dXgG4kiCQB
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) August 20, 2019
This statement by Trump — the suggestion that Jews must prove their loyalty to the United States by voting in a particular way — is an appalling piece of antisemitism. https://t.co/iR9KrBBzCS
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 20, 2019
Let’s be very clear here: Trump is invoking antisemitic stereotypes in order to accuse Jews of supporting antisemites.
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