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Former President Donald Trump spoke Monday at an event marking the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, saying he would “eliminate Jew haters” if re-elected.
“I will protect American Jews. I will protect your communities, schools, places of worship, and values. We will eliminate supporters of jihad and those who hate Jews. We is going to get rid of the Jew haters who have done nothing to help our country and just want to destroy it,” he said during an event at a golf course in Doral, Florida.
The former president did not specify who he considered a “Jew-hater.” The remarks came as President Trump marked the anniversary of the terrorist attack, calling October 7 “the most tragic day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.”
President Trump claimed that “anti-Jewish hatred” “lies within the Democratic Party.” President Trump has repeatedly insisted that Jewish Democrats “should have their heads checked,” toying with anti-Semitic tropes that Jewish Americans have dual loyalty to Israel and the United States. There is.
“Here in America, anti-Semitic hatred is back on the streets, in the media, on college campuses, and especially among members of the Democratic Party, but not within the Republican Party. Let me tell you, it’s not in the Republican Party,” the former president said. added.
One of the promises in the preamble to the Republican platform adopted at the Republican National Convention in July is to “deport pro-Hamas extremists and make college campuses safe and patriotic again.”
As protests erupted on college campuses across the country earlier this year, the former president repeatedly criticized protesters and the Biden administration’s response. In April he claimed without evidence that he believed many of them were “professional” agitators who were “paid”.
At the Oct. 7 commemoration ceremony, President Trump said, “The bond between the United States and Israel is strong and enduring…If I become President of the United States, the bond will once again be stronger and closer than ever.” Ta. in front. We must win this election. If we don’t win this election, it will have a huge impact on everything. ”
The former president said at an event last month that he didn’t receive “good treatment from voters who happen to be Jewish” during the 2020 election, and while touting his record on Israel, he also said that if he loses this year, he won’t be able to appeal to Jewish voters. He also said that he has a certain responsibility.
President Trump has long used anti-Semitic metaphors to slam Jewish Americans who don’t fully support him. During his first presidential campaign, he addressed the Republican Jewish Federation, where anti-Semitic stereotypes were rife, and shortly after leaving office in 2021 he told reporters that Jewish Americans had turned their backs on Israel. He said he is aiming for it. President Trump said in a March interview that Jews who vote for Democrats hate “their religion” and “everything about Israel.”
