{"id":1030161,"date":"2024-03-19T00:33:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030161"},"modified":"2024-05-10T19:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:46:47","slug":"dnc-statement-on-trumps-vile-antisemitic-attacks-on-jewish-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trumps-vile-antisemitic-attacks-on-jewish-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Trump\u2019s Vile, Antisemitic Attacks on Jewish Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Donald Trump <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1769830408235978900\"><em>claiming<\/em><\/a><em> any Jewish voter who votes for Democrats \u201chates their religion\u201d and \u201cshould be ashamed of themselves,\u201d <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is the one who should be ashamed of himself: He dines with neo-Nazis and white supremists while parroting hateful demagogues on the campaign trail. He even reportedly claimed Hitler \u2018did some good things.\u2019 Jewish Americans deserve better than the appalling, offensive attacks Trump continues to launch against the Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1769830408235978900\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Donald Trump said any Jewish American who doesn\u2019t vote for him \u201chates their religion\u201d and \u201cshould be ashamed of themselves.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1769830408235978900\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cAny Jewish person who votes for Democrats hates their religion, hates Israel, and should be ashamed of themselves.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump has reportedly said \u201cHitler did some good things,\u201d frequently praises dictators, and has parroted extreme rhetoric uttered by the likes of Hitler and Mussolini.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/11\/politics\/trump-despots-advisers-sound-alarm\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump allegedly reserved some of his most unnerving praise for Hitler, who led Nazi Germany during World War II. \u2026 <strong>\u2018[Trump] said, \u2018Well, but Hitler did some good things.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s admiration for Hitler went further than the German leader\u2019s economic policies, according to Kelly. Trump also expressed admiration for Hitler\u2019s hold on senior Nazi officers. <strong>Trump lamented that Hitler, as Kelly recounted, maintained his senior staff\u2019s \u2018loyalty,\u2019 <\/strong>while Trump himself often did not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/11\/12\/trump-rally-vermin-political-opponents\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump calls political enemies \u2018vermin,\u2019 echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/13\/trump-vermin-fascist-language-speech\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cWhy it matters: Some historians have compared Trump&#8217;s dehumanizing language \u2014 including his claim that undocumented immigrants are \u2018poisoning the blood of our country\u2019 \u2014 to the rhetoric of fascist dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump has a yearslong history of embracing antisemitism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/17\/politics\/trump-anti-semitic-comments\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump uses anti-Semitic tropes to again criticize Jewish Americans\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFormer President Donald Trump, in a newly released interview, claimed that Jewish Americans \u2018either don\u2019t like Israel or don\u2019t care about Israel,\u2019 while also suggesting that evangelical Christians \u2018love Israel more than the Jews in this country.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cTrump\u2019s comments are the latest in a series of controversial remarks he has been known to make about Jewish Americans. <\/strong>During his first campaign for president, Trump delivered a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition that was rife with anti-Semitic stereotypes. More recently, he told conservative radio host Ari Hoffman that \u2018Israel literally owned Congress\u202610 years ago, 15 years ago\u2026 and today it\u2019s almost the opposite.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-ad-antisemitic-overtones_us_581e34dee4b0d9ce6fbc76e8?pu54eo3obem079zfr\">HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Closing Ad Has Anti-Semitic Overtones\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/10\/16\/politics\/trump-american-jews-israel\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump complains American Jews don\u2019t appreciate his moves on Israel, drawing criticism\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump kicked off his 2024 campaign by rubbing shoulders with white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes \u2013&nbsp;and Trump has since doubled down on his decision to dine with Fuentes, refusing to disavow Fuentes\u2019 hate-filled stances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/25\/politics\/trump-kanye-west-nick-fuentes-mar-a-lago\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump hosted Holocaust denier at Mar-a-Lago estate during visit with Kanye West, a week after announcing 2024 run\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/25\/trump-nick-fuentes-ye-kanye\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Trump dined and conversed with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday night, according to two sources familiar with the matter. \u2026 <strong>Fuentes, who frequently promotes racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories<\/strong>, had been spotted with Ye at Mar-a-Lago, but reports erroneously suggested he did not have dinner with the former president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/nov\/28\/donald-trump-shied-away-from-criticising-nick-fuentes\">The Guardian<\/a>: <strong>\u201cDonald Trump repeatedly refused to disavow the outspoken antisemite and white supremacist Nick Fuentes after they spoke over dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort. <\/strong>\u2026 Trump ultimately made clear that he fundamentally did not want to criticise Fuentes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Donald Trump claiming any Jewish voter who votes for Democrats \u201chates their religion\u201d and \u201cshould be ashamed of themselves,\u201d DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cDonald Trump is the one who should be ashamed of himself: He dines with neo-Nazis and white supremists while parroting hateful demagogues on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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