ADL: Trump must disavow David Duke comments on Jews

5 May 2016, 9:18 pm

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ADL chief Jonathan A. Greenblatt calls on presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump to disavow comments by former leader KKK David Duke that his victory in the Indiana primaries has wrested control of the country from “Jewish extremists.”

“David Duke’s latest remarks – smearing Jews and Jewish Republicans specifically – are as unsurprising as they are hateful,” says Greenblatt in a statement released by the organization.

“The onus is now on Donald Trump to make unequivocally clear he rejects those sentiments and that there is no room for Duke and anti-Semitism in his campaign and in society,” he says. “Mr. Trump can and should speak up now. If not, his silence will speak volumes.”