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Trump accuses 'liberal Jews' of voting to 'destroy America and Israel' in Rosh Hashanah message
The post on Trump's Truth Social account came on the weekend of the Jewish New Year.
Sept. 18, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump on Sunday night shared a post on his Truth Social platform that accused "liberal Jews" of voting to "destroy" America and Israel.
“Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed in false narratives!" said the post, which came on the weekend of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. "Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward!”
The post touted Trump's decision to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, among other moves.
It is unclear what prompted his post. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment. Prominent Jewish advocacy groups, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and J Street, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Michelle Terris, the founder of JEXIT, an organization that says its mission is to "educate and encourage" Jewish Americans to exit the Democratic Party, confirmed to NBC News that Trump's post came from a JEXIT flyer posted Sunday on Instagram.
Terris said it was her organization’s understanding that Trump shared the post to his Truth Social account after a meeting with board member Siggy Flicker last weekend. She also clarified that the flyer from the organization was originally posted in 2018 and has been used for years.
“We believe he shared it on Truth Social because he is so proud of his record of support for the Jewish community in America and for the State of Israel,” Terris said.
“We are thankful to the former President for sharing it on his Truth Social account,” she added. “As our post states, there has been no greater friend to American Jews and the State of Israel than fmr. President Donald J. Trump and we are deeply concerned that many Liberal Jews in America do not recognize the fmr. President’s history of accomplishments in supporting our people and instead vote blinding for the Democratic Party.”
Other groups, however, said Trump’s post plays into antisemitic tropes that American Jews have dual loyalties to the U.S. and Israel. The content of the post also mirrors his past remarks claiming broad support in Israel for his policies, in contrast with many Jewish voters in the U.S., who often vote Democratic.
Reached for comment, the American Jewish Committee pointed to a tweet it posted Monday that condemned Trump's post: "Claiming that American Jews who did not vote for Mr. Trump voted to destroy America and Israel is deeply offensive and divisive."
"As we approach one year until the next election, we urge political candidates from the top to the bottom of the ballot to avoid incendiary rhetoric."
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also decried Trump's post in a statement, saying "it is dangerous and wrong to suggest an entire segment of the Jewish population voted to destroy America and Israel."
'Whether or not it’s intentional, President Trump is playing into conspiracy theories about dual loyalty here," he said. "Even worse, this is happening on one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah. Even as an organization that supported many of these policy decisions, ADL doesn’t believe that our community needs to be lectured about how to vote.”
Trump faced similar backlash last year for saying that Jews in the U.S. needed to “get their act together” and “appreciate” Israel “before it is too late.”
“No President has done more for Israel than I have. Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post last year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-goes-liberal-jews-israel-rosh-hashanah-message-rcna105540
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