Trump's portrayal of Kamala Harris as an enemy of Israel is disingenuous, but Oct. 7 and the Gaza war have tested her party's relationship with a reliable base.
Republicans have repeatedly tried — and failed — to win over Jewish Americans, who have historically supported Democrats in overwhelming numbers. One memorable attempt was the campaign by Donald Trump and others on the right to falsely portray Barack Obama as a closeted Muslim who should be feared by those of other faiths. American Jews were not as bigoted as they hoped: Obama won 78% of the Jewish vote in 2008 and 70% in 2012. This election, however, feels different. Since Oct.
Schumer , one of the country’s highest-ranking Jewish officials and a staunch supporter of Israel, “a proud member of Hamas.” It’s Trump’s MAGA camp that is infested with actual antisemites. Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump loyalist who famously blamed California wildfires on Jewish space lasers, opposed a bipartisan bill to address antisemitism on the premise that it rejected “the Gospel that says Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews.
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