Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff agreed with MSNBC host Jen Psaki that former President Trump is “targeting Jewish Americans on their backs.”
In a preview of the interview that aired on MSNBC on Sunday, Emhoff told Biden's former White House press secretary that he was troubled by President Trump's recent comments at a Jewish event in Washington. So Republican candidates warned Jewish American voters not to support Vice President Kamala Harris. , Emhoff's wife in the next election.
In those comments, Trump told Jewish voters, who have traditionally supported Democrats, that they bear some of the blame if he loses in November.
“What really bothered me about a week ago was that President Trump attended an event meant to combat anti-Semitism and said some vile anti-Semitic things,” Emhoff said. he told Psaki. “It's really terrible. Every time something like that happens, we have to speak out.”
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Doug Emhoff told MSNBC host Jen Psaki that former President Trump targeted Jewish Americans with rhetoric about them supporting Vice President Harris in the upcoming election. He said he is doing so. (Getty Images)
“When you hear him say things like that, he was essentially saying that if he doesn't win, it's the fault of Jewish Americans,” Psaki said.
“Blame the Jews. It's one of the oldest metaphors,” Emhoff lamented.
Psaki then asked if she was worried that President Trump was “targeting Jewish Americans on their backs,” to which Emhoff agreed.
“He is. I mean, just take him at his word,” he said.
”[Trump] He lies about many things, but you have to take his word for things like this. oh yeah. This is a disgusting metaphor. So-called dual loyalty. This is an outrageous act, and it's not just Jews who should be outraged,” the second gentleman continued, insisting that all Americans need to fight back against “anti-Semitism and hatred.”
“Do you think it's anti-Semitic when he says things like that?” Psaki asked. “Do you look at him and think this kind of repetition of words and language is anti-Semitic?”
“Of course I do. I said that publicly,” Emhoff replied. “absolutely.”
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Former President Trump warned Jewish voters that if Harris wins the November election, Israel “will cease to exist” within two years.
Emhoff was referring to Trump's comments last week at the Israel-American Council National Summit, in which he memorialized the victims of the Oct. 7 attack and said he wanted to support Trump in the November election. He warned Jewish Americans that there would be serious consequences if they did not support him.
“My promise to Jewish Americans is this: With your vote, I will be your champion, your protector, and the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House,” Trump said. said. “But to be fair, I already am,” he added. Fox5 reported.
The former president also warned Jewish voters that if Harris wins the November election, Israel “will cease to exist” within two years, adding that Jewish voters who support the Democratic Party “will not exist.”[their] I examined my head. ”
“If I don't win this election — and it's going to have a lot to do with Jews, 60% of whom are voting for my enemy — Israel will die within two years,” Trump said, according to the paper. It will disappear,” he said. the hill. “I believe I am 100 percent right…If I win, Israel will be safe and secure and we will stop the venom of anti-Semitism.”
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Caroline Levitt, the Trump campaign's national affairs spokeswoman, responded to Fox News Digital:
“This is another example of inflammatory rhetoric by the Harris campaign, and anti-Semitic protests already underway in the United States, as evidenced by the shameful anti-Semitic protests that erupted on Kamala Harris' college campus. The truth is that President Trump has done more for Jewish Americans and Israel than Kamala Harris. . ”
