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“I’ll tell you, the evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews in this country,” Trump said in 2021
Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people,” Trump told a Chrisitan political conference Friday, ignoring the fact that she is married to one. “That’s the way it is, and that’s the way it’s always going to be. She’s not going to change.”
Trump’s approach shares an element of President Joe Biden’s tendency to conflate Jews with Israel, but adds a transactional element. He sees American Jews as a single-issue constituency that only cares about Israel. And he seems eternally frustrated that 76% of Jews voted against him in 2020, something he has attributed to “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”
He repeated the insult on Truth Social Friday, saying, “Any Jewish person who votes for Kamala, or a Democrat, should immediately have their head examined.”
Seems like a strange tactic to try to win over Jewish voters. But Trump may have someone else in mind:
Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people,” Trump told a Chrisitan political conference Friday, ignoring the fact that she is married to one. “That’s the way it is, and that’s the way it’s always going to be. She’s not going to change.”
Trump’s approach shares an element of President Joe Biden’s tendency to conflate Jews with Israel, but adds a transactional element. He sees American Jews as a single-issue constituency that only cares about Israel. And he seems eternally frustrated that 76% of Jews voted against him in 2020, something he has attributed to “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”
He repeated the insult on Truth Social Friday, saying, “Any Jewish person who votes for Kamala, or a Democrat, should immediately have their head examined.”
Seems like a strange tactic to try to win over Jewish voters. But Trump may have someone else in mind:
The real audience for Trump's comments about antisemitism may not be Jews
Republicans have been trying to use antisemitism to win votes for years, following a roadmap created by former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney. Cheney, who was drummed out of office for supporting the impeachment of former President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 riot, was fond of saying that the Democratic...
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