Schumer: Trump comments on Jewish Democrats ‘reprehensible and dangerous’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York on Tuesday denounced former President Trump’s recent comments about Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats as “reprehensible and dangerous,” calling them “pure anti-Semitism.” He argued that this is a clear example of “.

President Trump said in an interview aired Monday that Democrats “hate Israel” and that Jewish voters who support Democrats hate their religion. The comments came in response to Schumer’s call for new elections in Israel late last week, increasing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history, had a similar reaction Tuesday.

“The former president’s comments were absolutely disgusting, a textbook example of the anti-Semitism faced by Jews, and exemplified the dangerous anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. We’re expanding it,” he said. “It is sick and hateful for one political view to hate Israel because of the other’s political views. It is pure anti-Semitism and It serves to use Israel as a political wedge that further damages Israeli bonds.”

“We have always strived, and I have always strived over the years, to keep everything we do regarding Israel nonpartisan. It hurts America, it hurts America, it shows how far Donald Trump has fallen,” Schumer continued.

The leader also cited Trump’s past dinners with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and his 2017 comments about the Charlottesville attack.

Schumer said the former president had no “right to lecture Jewish Americans about their personal and political beliefs.”

President Trump’s remarks were made as part of an interview with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka.

Asked why Democrats “hate” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said, “Actually, I think they hate Israel.” “And Democrats hate Israel.”

President Trump said, “Jews who vote for Democrats hate their religion and hate everything about Israel. Israel will be destroyed and they should be ashamed.”

The former president has made similar statements in the past.in 2019He said that “any Jew who votes for a Democrat” is showing “great dishonesty.”

As for Schumer, he came under fire from Republicans from all walks of life after his comments Thursday about Netanyahu, especially for interfering and attempting to intervene in elections in democracies.