Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff ripped former President Trump on Friday for his remarks at an occasion elevating consciousness for combating antisemitism wherein the GOP nominee recommended Jewish folks would partly shoulder the blame if he loses in November.
“Last night, Donald Trump once again fanned the flames of antisemitism by trafficking in tropes blaming and scapegoating Jews,” Emhoff, who’s Jewish, posted on the social platform X. “He even did it at an event purporting to fight antisemitism, no less.”
“This is dangerous and must be condemned,” he continued. “We will not be intimidated and will continue to live openly, proudly, and without fear as Jews.”
Emhoff has made tackling antisemitism a core half of his work as second gentleman.
He has been concerned within the White Home’s first-ever nationwide technique to fight antisemitism and has stepped up his public-facing function following final October’s assault on Israel that left greater than 1,100 Israelis lifeless, setting off a wider struggle within the Center East.
Trump spoke Thursday at a pair of occasions centered on addressing antisemitism, the place he made alarmist claims concerning the destiny of Israel if Vice President Harris wins November’s presidential election and informed the group Jewish voters who supported Democratic candidates “should have their head examined.”
Trump lashed out at what he mentioned is his 40 p.c help among the many Jewish American group within the U.S., saying the 60 p.c polled who favor Harris are voting for the “enemy.”
“In my opinion, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss, if I’m at 40 percent,” Trump mentioned throughout a marketing campaign occasion referred to as “Fighting Antisemitism” and hosted by Israeli American Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson on the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
After the occasion, the previous president was the keynote speaker on the Israeli American Convention, additionally a beneficiary of Adelson, the place he repeated comparable feedback.
“If I don’t win this election — and Jewish people would have a lot to do with that, 60 percent are voting for the enemy — Israel will cease to exist in two years,” Trump mentioned to a favorable and receptive crowd.
“I imagine I’m one hundred pc proper. … If I do win, Israel can be secure and safe, and we’ll cease the poisonous poison of antisemitism,” he added.
