Is Trump planning to drag Israel, anti-Semitism debate into 2020?
As Democrats try to turn the page after the freshman lawmaker's remarks, criticized by some as anti-Semitic, ignited an embarrassing intra-party fight, the Republican president is trying to prolong and weaponize the issue for his 2020 campaign, asserting during a private weekend fundraiser that Democrats"hate" Jews.
Pipko, who serves as spokeswoman for the group Jexodus, which bills itself as speaking for"Jewish Millennials tired of living in bondage to leftist politics," saw her comments amplified by Trump on Twitter."There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party," she continued."They don't care about Israel or the Jewish people."
As a small percentage of the nation, American Jews are not a particularly significant voting bloc, nor is Israel their decisive issue of concern. And both major political parties acknowledge the controversy is unlikely to alter dramatically the electoral votes of the American Jewish community, which has skewed decisively toward Democrats for more than a generation.
"It's something that should be called by name," she said."It shouldn't be put in a watered-down resolution." Halie Soifer, the executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, said her group welcomes Trump's focus on the issue of anti-Semitism.
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