Russia spokeswoman says Jews mainly backed Trump

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Source: BBC

Russia spokeswoman says Jews mainly backed Trump

17 November 2016 Europe

A spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry has said Jewish people in New York told her they had mainly backed Donald Trump in the US election.

Speaking on TV, Maria Zakharova said Jews had told her they donated both to Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton.

She joked that American Jews were the best guide to US politics.

The diplomat's remarks caused shock. Anti-US propagandists in the last century peddled an idea that rich New York Jews controlled US politics.

Ms Zakharova was speaking on a chat show on Russian state TV at the weekend but her comments drew more attention after being picked up by media outlets on Thursday.

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[MADem]

1. Did she spit out the word and point, with shaking finger?

I mean, that's more than a LITTLE antisemitism up in there.

I guess no one told that ditz that Trump's principal advisor, the kid who is going to ignore all those nepotism regulations, is Jewish?

And I guess all her American friends are New Yorkers of Jewish heritage? LOL!

But hey, if she makes Trump give up his Putin-esque asskissing, that's a feature, not a bug.


As an aside, who knew that Russia had their own Ann Coulter?