Jewish Democrats decry Trump’s ‘loyalty’ remarks

The Hill logoPresident Trump has adopted a curious strategy for courting Jewish Democrats to the Republican side: He’s attacking them.

Over the past 48 hours, Trump has suggested Jewish Americans are ill informed on policy for siding overwhelmingly with Democrats and “disloyal” to Israel for opposing his presidency.

“In my opinion, if you vote for a Democrat you’re being very disloyal to Jewish people and you’re being very disloyal to Israel,” he said Wednesday at the White House, amplifying similar remarks he made a day earlier. “And only weak people would say anything other than that.”

View the complete August 21 article by Mike Lillis and Scott Wong on The Hill website here.