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Sunday, July 10, 2016
Progressive Jews urge RJC to halt support for Trump
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBend the Arc, a partnership of progressive Jewish groups, calls on the Republican Jewish Coalition to withdraw the organization’s support for presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The online petition is addressed to Matthew Brooks, executive director of the RJC.
“Withdraw the RJC’s support of Donald Trump until he actively rejects the white supremacists — including anti-Semites — who are eagerly supporting his campaign,” says the petition, which was launched Thursday.
In a statement accompanying the petition, Bend the Arc says: “For a national Jewish group to continue to support him is unconscionable. As a Republican group, the RJC has the ability to pressure his campaign to cease being a megaphone for hate. As a Jewish group, they are morally obligated to do so.”
Take action now to call on the @RJC to end their support for Donald Trump: https://t.co/29vUoTexRi #weveseenthisbefore
— Bend the Arc (@bend_thearc) July 7, 2016
— JTA
The Times of Israel Community.