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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump just delivered an anti-Semitic speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition - see video
This is kind of unreal - it almost sounds like something out of the Onion.The GOP front-runner prattled off a series of offensive stereotypes about Jews before a room full of nothing but
by SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
On Thursday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump delivered a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in which he essentially praised members of the organization for being a bunch of Shylocks.
Stupidly, you want to give me money, he began. But he added that youre not going to support me because I dont want your money, suggesting that Jews are unwilling to back people whose purse-strings they cant control, a classic anti-Semitic trope.
In his humble way, he spoke of how much the Jews love him, especially in Israel. They look at my wall, and its loaded up with awards from Jewish groups, he boasted, before adding that the Christians are catching up, though, theyre catching up.
Trump spoke about the infamous $43 million gas station in Afghanistan, asking the crowd, How many of you think you could have done it for less? His question was greeted with silence, so he moved on. Im a negotiator, like you folks, he said while discussing what he considers to be the failures of the recent nuclear deal struck with Iran.
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His most powerful misstep, however, occurred when he waffled on the question of whether Jerusalem should remain undivided and the capital of Israel. I dont know if Israel has the commitment to make it, he said. Times Zeke Miller said that at that point, you could hear a pin drop.
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/03/one_yuuuuuge_mistake_donald_trump_just_delivered_an_anti_semitic_speech_to_the_republican_jewish_coalition/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
by SCOTT ERIC KAUFMAN
On Thursday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump delivered a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in which he essentially praised members of the organization for being a bunch of Shylocks.
Stupidly, you want to give me money, he began. But he added that youre not going to support me because I dont want your money, suggesting that Jews are unwilling to back people whose purse-strings they cant control, a classic anti-Semitic trope.
In his humble way, he spoke of how much the Jews love him, especially in Israel. They look at my wall, and its loaded up with awards from Jewish groups, he boasted, before adding that the Christians are catching up, though, theyre catching up.
Trump spoke about the infamous $43 million gas station in Afghanistan, asking the crowd, How many of you think you could have done it for less? His question was greeted with silence, so he moved on. Im a negotiator, like you folks, he said while discussing what he considers to be the failures of the recent nuclear deal struck with Iran.
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His most powerful misstep, however, occurred when he waffled on the question of whether Jerusalem should remain undivided and the capital of Israel. I dont know if Israel has the commitment to make it, he said. Times Zeke Miller said that at that point, you could hear a pin drop.
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/03/one_yuuuuuge_mistake_donald_trump_just_delivered_an_anti_semitic_speech_to_the_republican_jewish_coalition/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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Donald Trump just delivered an anti-Semitic speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition - see video (Original Post)
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2015
OP
Ooooh! He of all people should know you don't insult the very people who control everything
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
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951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)1. Ooooh! He of all people should know you don't insult the very people who control everything
spanone
(135,836 posts)2. he's so full of shit.
and clueless
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)3. Was this to a room of Jewish business owners?
The reason I ask is because no article I've makes any comment about the "I'm a negotiator, like you folks." It might be just me, and I'm not Jewish so it isn't my place to say if something is offenseive, but to me that line read like it played into the stereotype of all Jewish people being wealthy businessman.
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)4. knr