Trump Slammed For Insisting ‘Killer’ Real Estate Jews Will Back Him To Save Their Wealth
The president’s comments at the Israeli American Council summit were called “vile and bigoted.”
Jewish groups denounced President Donald Trump Sunday for anti-Semitic tropes after he referred to some Jewish voters in the real estate business as “brutal killers” who will vote for him to dodge a wealth tax.
Trump also complained that some Jews “don’t love Israel enough” in a speech Saturday at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Florida before a supportive crowd that chanted “four more years.”
Halie Soifer, the executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, called Trump’s comments “vile and bigoted” in a statement. Trump’s “deeply offensive remarks ... including his unconscionable repeating of negative stereotypes that have been used historically to target Jews, only reinforce our belief ... that Donald Trump is the biggest threat to American Jews,” Soifer added.
Author Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg tweeted: “It’s not even coded anti-semitism. It’s not a dog whistle. He’s saying this. Out loud. To a room full of Jews.”
The president also resurrected his own version of a Native American slur by again calling Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) “Pocahontas,” who he falsely claimed wants to take “100% of your wealth away.”
Trump told the crowd: “A lot of you are in the real estate business because I know you very well. You’re brutal killers. Not nice people at all.” Some in the crowd laughed. “But you have to vote for me; you have no choice. You’re not going to vote for Pocahontas, I can tell you that ... You’re not going to vote for the wealth tax.” (See the video above at 27:00.)
He added: “Even if you don’t like me; some of you don’t. Some of you I don’t like at all, actually. And you’re going to be my biggest supporters because you’ll be out of business in about 15 minutes if they [Democrats] get” the presidency.
Progressive Jewish advocacy group J Street tweeted that Trump is “incapable of addressing Jewish audiences without dipping into the deep well of anti-Semitic tropes that shape his worldview.”
The President of the United States is incapable of addressing Jewish audiences without dipping into the deep well of anti-Semitic tropes that shape his worldview.
Trump, speaking to the Israeli American Council: "You're not nice people at all, but you have to vote for me. You have no choice. You're not going to vote for Pocahontas, I can tell you that. You're not going to vote for the wealth tax!"
Rabbi Alissa Wise of the Jewish Voice for Peace called it “reprehensible that President Trump can’t manage to address a Jewish audience without immediately peddling in anti-Semitic tropes.
Soifer complained that Trump “even had the audacity to suggest that Jews ‘have no choice’ but to support him.” In fact, Soifer noted, an “overwhelming majority of Jews are both pro-Israel and anti-Trump because of his incendiary rhetoric ... [and] because he’s emboldened the rise of white nationalism in America, which has directly led to increased hatred and violence targeting Jews.”
Trump’s “Pocahontas” slam against Warren has also angered Native Americans. The National Congress of American Indians issued a statement earlier this year condemning Trump’s “continued use of the name ‘Pocahontas’ as an insult for political gain. Not only does it disrespect Pocahontas’ legacy and life, it likens her name to a slur ... We call on all Americans to denounce the continued use of such terms and the sentiments they express.”
Comment: Are all racists as stupid as Trump? Jews for the Trump Nazi Fuhrer = oxymoron.
Hitler did a lot to protect the wealth of Jews didn't he... (cynical)
@MontereyJack,
Then don't be a doofus and make sure you respond to the correct post and not just any post. When you click the post you responded to, it links back to my comments on the hearings. Responding to the wrong post makes you look like a doofus, not the other person.
The GOP would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas...
Methodist church's nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary, and Joseph as separated and caged family
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/9/1904520/-Methodist-church-s-nativity-scene-depicts-Jesus-Mary-and-Joseph-as-separated-and-caged-family
@coldjoint,
The famous American editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast used the octopus pic similarly in a rather
famous cartoon in the 19th century. Nazis probably got the idea from him. Region has strong American roots for that cartoon. As usual your history and ideology are all wet.
@MontereyJack,
Since centuries the octopus has been portrayed by various propagandists in inflammatory ways in order to fight monopolists and ideological enemies or to provide simple explanations for complex problems.
copyright:
http://vulgararmy.com via google image search
Caricaturists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries often portrayed European countries as animals.
Russia was either a bear or ...
US cartoon from 1877, showing Russia as an octopus spreading its tentacles over Europe and south-west Asia.
This English map from 1900 shows Russia as a creepy octopus with the head of the last Russian tsar Nikolai II, who stretches out his tentacles towards China, Persia, Poland and Scandinavia.
@woiyo,
Yawn is correct, we were told he bribed and used "quid pro quo". Instead they are going to impeach him because he wouldn't go along with their kangaroo court. Remember, the only place there was any bipartisan support was in voting against the Intelligence Hearings. They didn't even have all of the Dems for the hearings.
@Region Philbis,
Very artsy image. Do you know who did it? I like it just for the quality, the message is apt too.
@Region Philbis,
Thanks much for the link. Enjoyed it.
