Trump accuses 'liberal Jews' of voting to 'destroy America and Israel' in Rosh Hashanah message

 
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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
By Summer Concepcion

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.


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Former President Donald Trump's post touted his decision to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, among other moves.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

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Former Republican Congressman Once Claimed That Trump Was Overheard Saying He “Loved” That Our Nation Is So Divided, Many Mississippi lawmakers opted not to wear masks at the Capitol. Now, 26 have COVID-19.

"....“Garry Kasparov, the Russian freedom activist, has said the point of disinformation isn’t to manipulate the truth, it’s to exhaust your critical thinking,” Jolly said. “To exhaust your critical thinking, that’s what we’re experiencing as voters.”

Indeed, disinformation is also a tool to divide, and it is employed by Trump’s propaganda outlet Fox News.

“I had a colleague that was in a meeting in the Roosevelt Room and he said he heard Trump say, ‘Have you ever seen the nation so divided?’” Jolly continued. “My colleagues and others said, ‘No, we haven’t.’ Trump said, ‘I love it that way.’ This is the currency that he’s peddling as political strategy, but it’s not one we have to accept. We don’t have to accept the anxiety that comes with Trump’s disinformation and division.”...."

President Donald Trump often complains that our nation is divided, but the reality is that he has sown the division and revels in it, even going so far as to reportedly say he “loves” how divided the country is, according to a former Republican congressman. 

It’s really no secret that Trump enjoys stoking division and hatred. Any look at his Twitter feed instantly reveals multiple vitriolic attacks on Democrats and anyone who criticizes or challenges him. He has called the press the “enemy of the people” and demonizes people of color and immigrants. He has repeatedly rejected science during the coronavirus pandemic while calling on his supporters to lash out at Democratic governors in opposition to social distancing. Trump had peaceful protesters teargassed and shot with rubber bullets so he could stage a photo-op and threatened to use the military against American citizens. And he has retweeted a supporter who said that the “only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” There is no one more divisive than Trump, and that’s a fact.

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) confirmed that fact by pointing out that “Donald Trump has intentionally tried to create the anxiety” in our country, and proceeded to tell the story of a former colleague who overheard Trump say that he “loved” that America is so divided.

“Garry Kasparov, the Russian freedom activist, has said the point of disinformation isn’t to manipulate the truth, it’s to exhaust your critical thinking,” Jolly said. “To exhaust your critical thinking, that’s what we’re experiencing as voters.”

Indeed, disinformation is also a tool to divide, and it is employed by Trump’s propaganda outlet Fox News.

“I had a colleague that was in a meeting in the Roosevelt Room and he said he heard Trump say, ‘Have you ever seen the nation so divided?’” Jolly continued. “My colleagues and others said, ‘No, we haven’t.’ Trump said, ‘I love it that way.’ This is the currency that he’s peddling as political strategy, but it’s not one we have to accept. We don’t have to accept the anxiety that comes with Trump’s disinformation and division.”

Make no mistake: Trump’s playbook is to divide this country as much as possible. Division will only help him in November, especially if he can sow it among Democrats and get them to fight among themselves or cause mass civil strife that could result in violence. Trump loves division. But the only way to defeat his divisiveness is to deny him a second term.

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Many Mississippi lawmakers opted not to wear masks at the Capitol. Now, 26 have COVID-19.

JACKSON, Miss. – Gov. Tate Reeves is warning the public to get tested for coronavirus if they have been in contact with a state lawmaker.

The number of coronavirus cases linked to an outbreak at the Capitol has grown to 36, which includes 26 legislators, according to the state's top health official.

Many politicians flouted recommendations to wear a mask inside the Capitol in recent weeks. Now, about one in six of Mississippi state lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus.

State Health Officer  Dr. Thomas Dobbs said the Mississippi Department of Health is monitoring the situation and that about 290 people were tested at the Capitol this week.

The leaders of both chambers — Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann — have tested positive for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the Enterprise Journal reported that Rep. Sam Mims, R-McComb, had tested positive for coronavirus. Mims chairs the House Public Health Committee.

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