“Any Jew who votes Democrat hates his religion, hates everything related to Israel and should be ashamed of himself”said the magnate, the main candidate to unseat the president Joe Biden, Democrat, in the November 5 elections.
“The Democratic Party hates Israel,” declared trump in an interview with his former advisor Sebastian Gorka posted on its website on Monday.
Donald Trump attacked Jews who vote for the Democratic Party
The reaction did not take long to arrive and groups like the Anti-Defamation League, he American Jewish Committee and the Democratic Jewish Council from the United States They condemned the statements of trump for linking religion with the meaning of the vote.
The White House, Through his spokesperson Andrew Bates, he repudiated the former president’s words in a statement released this Tuesday: “There is no justification for spreading toxic and false stereotypes that threaten fellow citizens.”
Trump’s statement comes after the Democrat Chuck Schumer the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States, called for new elections in Israel after criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considering it an obstacle to peace, five months after the war in Gaza began with attacks on Israel by Hamas militants on October 7.
Schumer He used his account on the social media platform X to repudiate the words of the former Republican president. “Trump is making highly partisan and hateful remarks. “I am working on a bipartisan basis to ensure that the relationship between the United States and Israel endures for generations, fueled by peace in the Middle East,” she said.
Biden, who will have to face trump in the November elections, praised Schumer’s “good speech” and considered that it expresses “a serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans.” While Netanyahu called Schumer’s speech inappropriate.
In parallel, the spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, Alex Floyd, said in a statement on Monday that Jewish Americans “deserve better than the egregious and offensive attacks Trump continues to launch against the Jewish community.”
Trump and a history of statements against Democratic Jews: “You are being disloyal to the Jewish people”
The former president’s campaign team stood by their comments. “The Democratic Party has become an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and pro-terrorist cabal”Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
It should be remembered that in 2019, when he was still at the head of the US Government, Trump uttered similar words against the Jewish community. “I think that Any Jew who votes for a Democratic (candidate), I think, shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.“he stated at the time.
At the time, the magnate assured that they were not racist comments and added: “If you vote for a Democratic (candidate), you are being disloyal to the jewish people and you are being very disloyal to Israel. “I have been responsible for many good things for Israel.”
Source: Ambito
