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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Quoting right-wing activist, Trump tweets that Jews leaving ‘anti-Semitic’ Democratic party
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump tweets a quote from a right-wing activist who says “Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party. We saw a lot of anti Israel policies start under the Obama Administration, and it got worsts & worse.”
“There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. They don’t care about Israel or the Jewish people,” said the quote from Jexodus spokeswoman Elizabeth Pipko.
“Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party. We saw a lot of anti Israel policies start under the Obama Administration, and it got worsts & worse. There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. They don’t care about Israel or the Jewish people.” Elizabeth Pipko, Jexodus.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019
Jexodus is a new organization founded earlier this month at the Conservative Political Action Conference by Jewish millennials “tired of the Democratic party’s blatant disregard for anti-Semitism.” — an apparent reference to recent controversial remarks made by Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar.
According to Jexodus’s website, Pipko, 24, is the organization’s spokesman. She was a Trump 2016 campaign staffer, “competitive athlete” and “professional model appearing in multiple magazine spreads.”
This wasn’t the first time Trump appeared to conflate Israel and the Jewish people in recent months. Speaking to American Jewish leaders at a White House Hannukah party in December, the president referred to Israel as “your country.”
Earlier this month in a tweet responding to the Omar controversy, he referred to it as “a dark day for Israel.”
The Times of Israel Community.