This is the best column I have seen on Trump’s comments on Jews. He’s not doing this for Jews or to get Jewish votes (which he won’t get many of). He’s doing this to appeal to the evangelicals which are a large part of his base. They don’t care about Jews either except how we would help them get to the Rapture.
Also, American Jews are Americans, not Israelis. We are not blindly loyal to Israel. Trump doesn’t understand this at all. Trump’s real big on blind loyalty.
Perspective: Trump sees all U.S. Jews as Israelis because his Christian Zionist allies do, too https://t.co/KLmHUDc9Xa
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 22, 2019
Here are more tweets:
While President Trump calls most Jews disloyal, some American Christians are following pastors who blame Jews for a long list of the nation’s ills https://t.co/LDCRvV7ZqX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 22, 2019
To Republicans, the only good Jew is a pro-Israel Jew. https://t.co/AAiRaqHhZg
— Slate (@Slate) August 22, 2019
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much: https://t.co/r0LoRD97ey pic.twitter.com/SmMgKA2wlm
— Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) July 21, 2019
1. I finally wrote my unified theory of Trump's anti-Semitism. Why does someone w/ Jewish family & friends regularly say anti-Semitic things? The short version: Trump believes all the anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews, but sees those traits as admirable. https://t.co/8GUfYrRhjj
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 21, 2019
"Why do these stiff-necked Jews refuse to accept the Second Coming of God" is probably not a great outreach message https://t.co/OGBdvLRDgE
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 21, 2019
Let's be crystal clear. When Pres. Trump says that Jews who vote for Democrats show "either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," he is summoning the forces of bigotry and anti-Semitism with all of its blood-stained history.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 20, 2019
This 20 seconds is almost the entirety of Fox News' coverage of Trump's Jewish loyalty comments … and they're denying he even said it
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) August 21, 2019
Guest: Trump said to Jews in America if you vote for Dems, your loyalty is in question
Ingraham: Nice try!
Kirk: That's not what he said! pic.twitter.com/3RD36cEjVu
Trump’s new attack on American Jews as disloyal to Israel if they vote Democratic is no better than his old attack on us as disloyal to America. Where does he get off telling me I need to be loyal to Israel just because I’m Jewish? The guy is a fascist and a fool.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 21, 2019
Trump, frustrated by unpopularity with Jews, thrusts Israel into his culture war @PhilipRucker https://t.co/qaD6XMUffW
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) August 22, 2019
"We need to deal with this very dangerous idea that says being pro-Jewish means you have to be pro-Israeli or being pro-Israeli means you're automatically pro-Jewish & you're immunized from the charge of anti-Semitsm. Lots of anti-Semites support Israel & Netanyahu." -me on @CNN: pic.twitter.com/I9vJCwS8gB
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 22, 2019
Trump saying essentially “If you don’t support me you are a bad Jew”…is not in the Bible. I just checked.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 22, 2019
Trump failed to notice that Obama, supposedly the worst president ever for Israel, still got 7 out of 10 Jewish votes in 2012. Most Jews aren't single-issue voters. https://t.co/BNkYviikpC
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 22, 2019
"Evil Jews."
— Will Saletan (@saletan) July 25, 2019
"When I think of al-Qaida, I can hold my chest out.”
They "call our country and our people garbage.”
"Anti-Semitic chants that they push forward"
Every one of these quotes, attributed to @AOC and @IlhanMN by Republicans, is a fabrication. https://t.co/Q6hF06qy4z
"What if the old community of interest between American Jews and other minorities is dissolving, leaving only the weaker tie of a community of values?" @davidfrum on the test Trump poses to the Jewish community: https://t.co/3cAVCACldw
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 25, 2019
NOTE: Xenophobe Stephen Miller does not represent American Jews.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 22, 2019
Just 16% of American Jews identify as Republican. https://t.co/ZUuaTyTTsv
Katie Hopkins, who the President quote tweets here, has said Jews were to blame for the Pittsburgh massacre because they supported immigration and called for a “final solution” for Muslims in the UK.
— Todd Schulte (@TheToddSchulte) July 20, 2019
See this: https://t.co/9s66qv8vmq and https://t.co/0s4FepsqqK https://t.co/szlqIvp3jK
This is as disgusting as anything Trump has ever done. And that’s saying a lot. He’s an antiSemite using Jews as human shields. https://t.co/fXLYo94j6e
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 20, 2019
It’s almost like the vocal minority of right-wing jews who dominate public discourse are not reflective of the vast majority of American Jews and do not speak for us https://t.co/eMRdyG5IZa
— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) July 8, 2019
Rep. Schiff on Pres. Trump’s Jewish loyalty remarks: "I think you're going to find Jews rejecting this president and all he stands for in record numbers."https://t.co/RmEYJrHIOu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 25, 2019
American Jews, Politics and Israel (@Frank_Newport) https://t.co/GYbjesQens
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) August 27, 2019
Sad! 