Hitting back at Trump, Harris campaign says he’ll turn on Israel when it suits his personal interests
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign hits back at former president Donald Trump after the Republican nominee claimed Israel will be destroyed if he is not elected in November and repeated his assertion that Jewish Democrats need to “get their heads examined.”
“Donald Trump openly demeans Jewish Americans, proudly dined with a neo-Nazi and reportedly thinks Adolf Hitler ‘did some good things.’ He has said the only people he wants counting his money are ‘short guys wearing yarmulkes,’ and praised neo-Nazis who chanted ‘Jews will not replace us’ as ‘very fine people,’” says Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Morgan Finkelstein.
“Donald Trump has made it obvious he would turn on Israel in a moment if it suited his personal interests; and, in fact, he has done so in the past,” she continues.
“Meanwhile, the vice president has been incredibly clear: she has been a lifelong supporter of the State of Israel as a secure, democratic homeland for the Jewish people. She has an unwavering commitment to the security of Israel and will always stand up for its right to defend itself. She also stands steadfastly against antisemitism both at home and abroad and will do the same as president,” Finkelstein adds.
