The president spoke out about his belief that the Democratic party had become anti-Jewish while visiting Alabama’s tornado victims (and signing bibles). The party, he said, has “become an anti-Jewish party, and that’s too bad.” Out of the 34 Jewish members of Congress, 32 are Democrats.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders echoed President Donald Trump’s declaration that Democrats are anti-Jewish on Monday afternoon by explaining that Republicans had called white nationalism defender Representative Steve King out by name, even though the president never directly condemned his actions.
ABC’s Jon Karl responded that"the president — correct me if I'm wrong, has not condemned Steve King." Sanders said that she speaks “on behalf of the president on a number of topics and I’ve talked about that a number of times, and I’d refer you back to those comments where I used words like abhorrent and unacceptable.”
The president also directly addressed Omar, but not King. “Representative Ilhan Omar is again under fire for her terrible comments concerning Israel,” he tweeted last week. “Jewish groups have just sent a petition to Speaker Pelosi asking her to remove Omar from Foreign Relations Committee. A dark day for Israel!”
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