Emhoff says Trump’s ‘disgusting, toxic, antisemitic’ comments should be ‘condemned’

During a campaign event in Nebraska, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff criticized former President Trump’s recent comments about Democratic Jewish voters, calling former President Trump’s “disgusting, harmful and anti-Semitic” comments. should be “condemned”, he said.

“This is disgusting, harmful, anti-Semitic comment by anyone, much less a former president of the United States, and must be condemned,” Emhoff said. Bloomberg reported.

Emhoff responded to President Trump’s recent interview with conservative radio host Sebastian Gorka that Democrats “hate Israel” and that Jewish voters who support Democrats hate their religion. He said there was.

Gorka asked President Trump why Democratic leaders “hate” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid heightened tensions between President Biden and Israel’s supreme leader over the Gaza war.

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“He called the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville ‘very fine people’ and said his former chief of staff even praised Adolf Hitler,” Emhoff posted. “This hateful, anti-Semitic rhetoric is toxic. Donald Trump should be ashamed.”

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Netanyahu of having “misguided” him in his handling of the ongoing political and legal battles he faces and Israel’s war against Hamas. He criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Emhoff, a Jewish leader in the Biden administration, has been the White House’s spokesperson on the rise in anti-Semitism since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7. In January, he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and emphasized his position. He cited the Biden-Harris administration’s “commitment to countering the global rise of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and hatred of all kinds.”

Mr. Trump’s comments and Mr. Emhoff’s subsequent remarks came shortly after Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination for president, setting up a rematch with Mr. Biden, the Democratic Party’s choice.

Since the start of the war, President Trump has repeatedly expressed his deep support for Israel in its mission to defend itself. Meanwhile, Biden has become increasingly vocal about how Israel should fight back.

Biden spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and said the United States still supports Israel defeating Hamas, but believes the country needs to do it in a “coherent and sustainable” way. emphasized. The call will be the first time the two leaders have met since Biden said Netanyahu was hurting Israel and tensions were rising.