President Donald Trump has criticized Jewish Americans yet again, saying, "I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat -- it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."
The remark led critics to argue the President was dabbling in the anti-Semitic trope of "dual loyalty," which questions the loyalty of Jewish citizens.
"Charges of disloyalty have long been used to attack Jews. As we've said before, it's possible to engage in the democratic process without these claims. It's long overdue to stop using Jews as a political football," Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted.
Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, called the comments "yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism."
J Street, a liberal advocacy group focused on reaching a resolution between Israel and the Palestinian territories, said in a statement, "It is dangerous and shameful for President Trump to attack the large majority of the American Jewish community as unintelligent and 'disloyal.' "
The President has suggested that Jewish Americans, who are traditionally
staunch supporters of the Democratic Party, are leaving it. But polling
suggests that Jewish Americans continue overwhelmingly to be Democrats and opposed to Trump.
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