'This is insane': Trump blasted for parroting same anti-Jewish conspiracy as white supremacist site

[DonViejo]

ERIC W. DOLAN
28 FEB 2017 AT 15:21 ET

President Donald Trump received a lashing online after suggesting that his supporters were being framed for anti-Semitic bomb threats.

Trump on Tuesday suggested to attorneys generals that threats targeting Jewish community centers and attacks on Jewish cemeteries could be false flag operations. When speaking about the acts, which he called “reprehensible,” the president said “the reverse can be true,” according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “Someone’s doing it to make others look bad,” Trump added.

“He just said, ‘sometimes it’s the reverse,'” Shapiro recalled. “‘It’s to make people or make others look bad.’ He used ‘reverse’ two to three times in his comments.”

The Anti-Defamation League quickly released a statement calling on the president to clarify his remarks.

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Tom Bonier of the political data firm TargetSmart noted that the conspiracy theory that bomb threats against Jewish community centers were a false flag operation appeared on a white supremacist website.

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[BeckyDem]

1. Trump still protecting his voter base.

[TubbersUK]

2. David Duke tweeted Trump on the subject

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[Kimchijeon]

11. Wow. Why am I not even surprised

Twitler is so easily influenced. What a simpleton.

[atreides1]

3. Hmmmm

"Less than 24 hours after the Kristallnacht Adolf Hitler made a one hour long speech in front of a group of journalists where he managed to completely ignore the recent events on everyone's mind."

Sound familiar?

[Initech]

4. Why are we letting them get away with this???

[Cosmocat]

15. That is the million dollar question

When will this country regain it's soul?

[dhill926]

18. republicans are showing us they have no soul....

[Cosmocat]

19. They are not the only problem

It isn't just them...

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Not insane, it is the act of a bigot.

This is in the same vein of those who ask a rape victim "well, what did you do to provoke the attack?". It is always the fault of the victims in the mind of a bigot.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. And ... Sometimes it is what it looks like: Anti-semitic destructive shit. . . . nt

[luvMIdog]

7. white supremacists are not on his target list ;)

[FuzzyRabbit]

8. So far he's come for the Mexicans, the Muslims, the news media, and now the Jews. Who's next?

[Solly Mack]

9. What's to clarify? He said - plainly - exactly what he meant.

[TomCADem]

10. First Sandy Hook Truthers and Now This...

...shocking.

[bora13]

12. no help

needed with these "killers" in office.

[Mr. Ected]

13. Always projecting their own filth on others

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

The pattern is well-established and no thinking man or woman believes a word of it.

[Hekate]

14. Let every voice rise in resistance

[Takket]

16. i guess i was wrong about something........

i thought after "sweden" that 45 only got his info from fox news. looks like he is actively getting info from the KKK too.

[neeksgeek]

17. Evidence, please.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Let's apply Occam's Razor. What is the most likely explanation? That liberals want to commit evil acts to make the Republicans look bad? Why would we need to do that when they're so good at it themselves???

It's far more likely - I'd say it's the only explanation, in fact - that what's actually happening is, anti-Semites are doing this. Why wouldn't they? They're emboldened by this pitiful substitute for a president, who has *repeatedly* re-tweeted anti-Semitic posts.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou