From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Trump condemns anti-Semitism
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn a first statement directly addressing anti-Semitism in recent weeks, amid repeated calls for him to do so, US President Donald Trump says he denounces anti-Semitism “wherever he gets a chance.”
“Anti-Semitism is horrible and it’s gonna stop and it’s got to stop,” he says.
“Anti-Semitism is horrible and it’s going to stop,” President Trump tells NBC News’ @craigmelvin https://t.co/kDXrgRz879
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 21, 2017
Trump has come under fire for ducking questions about rising anti-Jewish sentiment in the US in the lead-up to and aftermath of the elections.
Memorably, during a press conference last week, he shouted down an ultra-Orthodox reporter who, after emphasizing that Trump wasn’t an anti-Semite, asked about the administration’s response to a string of bomb threats against Jewish community centers.
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