Trump Claims to “Remove Jew Haters” if Reelected
Former President Donald Trump has sparked fresh controversy, pledging to “remove the Jew haters” if re-elected, CNN reports.
He made these comments during an event commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel.
“I will defend our American Jewish population,” Trump declared. “We will remove the jihadist sympathizers and Jew haters. We’re going to remove the Jew haters who do nothing to help our country, they only want to destroy our country.”
Trump did not specify who he considers to be “Jew haters” but alleged that “anti-Jewish hatred” is “within the ranks of the Democrat Party.” He has repeatedly claimed that Jewish Democrats “should have their heads examined,” perpetuating an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have divided loyalties between Israel and the US.
“The anti-Jewish hatred has returned even here in America, in our streets, our media, and our college campuses and within the ranks of the Democrat Party, in particular, not in the Republican Party,” Trump added.
One of the promises in the preamble to the GOP platform adopted at the Republican National Convention in July is to “deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again.”
Trump’s comments come amid widespread protests on college campuses across the country earlier this year. He has repeatedly criticized the protesters and the Biden administration’s response, claiming in April that many of them were “paid” and “professional” agitators.
