Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again suggested that American Jews owe him their votes because of his positions on Israel, invoking a dual loyalty trope.
By Isaac Arnsdorf and Marianne LeVine, The Washington PostRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday in back-to-back speeches that he would hold Jewish voters responsible if he loses the Nov. 5 election, suggesting that they owe him their support because of his position on Israel and questioning the sanity of Jewish Democrats.
Trump did not take questions at either event and did not address the new report that a Republican gubernatorial nominee he has personally boosted, Mark Robinson of North Carolina, once described himself as a “black Nazi” on an internet pornography forum. Trump’s remarks are part of a long-standing pattern of criticizing Jewish Democrats. He has falsely called Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, the highest ranking Jewish official in the U.S., a “proud member of Hamas,” the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip and has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States and others.
“Donald Trump has used a speech about antisemitism as an opportunity to embrace antisemitic tropes and attack the American Jewish community,” Spitalnick said in a statement. “Treating Jews and Israel as political footballs makes Jews, Israel, and all of us less safe. Dividing Jews into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ camps and engaging in dual loyalty tropes further normalizes antisemitism.
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