Social media critics roundly denounced former President Donald Trump suggestion Thursday that if he loses the 2024 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, Jewish people would have a "lot to do with" it.
Trump made the comment at a summit about combating antisemitism in the country, which was hosted by Jewish philanthropist Miriam Adelson.
“In my opinion, the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss,” Trump said at a summit on fighting antisemitism in America. "If I'm at 40%, think of it, that means 60% are voting for Kamala, who in particular is a bad Democrat. Democrats are bad to Israel. Very bad. They'll never change because they have a section of their party now which has become amazingly, quickly very powerful vote-wise."
Trump then repeated a campaign attack against Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-NY), calling him a "Palestinian."
"Who would've thought that was going to happen? What the hell happened to him?" attacked Trump. "I saw him the other day. He was dressed in one of their robes. That'll be next."
“It’s only because of the Democrat hold, or curse, on you," added Trump.
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At the summit, noted the Post, Trump seemingly used Israel and American Jews interchangeably.
“Israel, I believe, has to defeat her,” Trump said of Harris on Thursday. “More than any people on earth, Israel has to defeat her.”
Trump's remark earned widespread derision on social media.
National security attorney Bradley Moss questioned on X: "Is this supposed to get Jewish-Americans to vote for him?"
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, called Trump's comments "dangerous antisemitism — intended to sow division and distrust and undermine our democracy."
"And it’s going to lead to (more) violence against Jews," she warned. "Everyone who cares about Jewish safety should call this out. It cannot be considered partisan to do so."
Spitalnick called for the former president to stop "dividing Jews into 'good' and 'bad' camps."
"Stop labeling those who don’t support you as crazy or disloyal," she demanded. "Stop playing into dual loyalty tropes. All of it makes Jews less safe."
Bill Grueskin, a faculty member at Columbia Journalism School, blasted Trump's comment that Jewish people would have "a lot to do with a loss" if he's at 40 percent, calling the remark "the kind of thing a guy who would say as he leaves town right before a pogrom."
Anti-Trump Republican George Conway replied to Trump's comment writing: "Blaming Jews for stuff? I think I recall reading somewhere that there’s some kind of term for that."
Alex Zeldin, a columnist at The Forward, called out Trump for "laying the groundwork for a potential election loss and saying to a *Jewish audience* that he will blame the Jews if he loses."
