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President Trump condemned the wave of bomb threats that have been hitting Jewish community centers across the U.S. during his address to Congress Tuesday night — hours after he allegedly suggested it could be coming from within the Jewish community itself.
“Recent threats targeting Jewish community centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week's shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms,” Trump said at the beginning of his address.
Earlier in the day, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, part of a group of state attorneys general who met with Trump at the White House, told BuzzFeed News Trump made confounding claims comments about the bomb threats during their sit down.
“He just said, ‘Sometimes it's the reverse, to make people, or to make others, look bad,’” Shapiro, a Democrat, said, repeating Trump’s alleged response to questions during the meeting about the large number of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in recent months.
“It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro claimed Trump used the word reverse “two or three times,” adding that Trump also called the threats “reprehensible” toward the beginning of his remarks.
The White House disputed Shapiro’s description of Trump’s comments.
“This is not what he said or meant,” a White House spokesperson told the Daily News in an email. “He means (he) was referring to protesters.”
Steven Goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center, said if Shapiro’s account is accurate, “President Trump has gone over the anti-Semitic deep end.”
“Mr. President, have you no decency? To cast doubt on the authenticity of anti-Semitic hate crimes in America constitutes anti-Semitism in itself, and that’s something none of us ever dreamed would disgrace our nation from the White House,” Goldstein added. “If the reports are true, you owe the American Jewish community an apology.”
Rest here: Trump suggests Jewish community is spreading anti-Semitic threats
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Disgusting.
“Recent threats targeting Jewish community centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week's shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms,” Trump said at the beginning of his address.
Earlier in the day, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, part of a group of state attorneys general who met with Trump at the White House, told BuzzFeed News Trump made confounding claims comments about the bomb threats during their sit down.
“He just said, ‘Sometimes it's the reverse, to make people, or to make others, look bad,’” Shapiro, a Democrat, said, repeating Trump’s alleged response to questions during the meeting about the large number of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in recent months.
“It didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro claimed Trump used the word reverse “two or three times,” adding that Trump also called the threats “reprehensible” toward the beginning of his remarks.
The White House disputed Shapiro’s description of Trump’s comments.
“This is not what he said or meant,” a White House spokesperson told the Daily News in an email. “He means (he) was referring to protesters.”
Steven Goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center, said if Shapiro’s account is accurate, “President Trump has gone over the anti-Semitic deep end.”
“Mr. President, have you no decency? To cast doubt on the authenticity of anti-Semitic hate crimes in America constitutes anti-Semitism in itself, and that’s something none of us ever dreamed would disgrace our nation from the White House,” Goldstein added. “If the reports are true, you owe the American Jewish community an apology.”
Rest here: Trump suggests Jewish community is spreading anti-Semitic threats
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Disgusting.
