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Trump tells Jewish GOPers he will deport Hamas supporters if re-elected

5 September 2024, 10:43 pm 56 Edit

Former US President Donald Trump says those who support Hamas will be kicked out of the United States should he win back the White House, drawing boisterous applause as he speaks to the Republican Jewish Coalition via video.

“When I am president we will deport the foreign jihad sympathizers and Hamas supporters from within our midst,” he says as the crowd responds with an extended chant of “Trump.”

“If you hate America, if you want to eliminate Israel, then we don’t want you in our country,” he says.

While Hamas is blacklisted as a terror organization, US free speech laws largely defend the ability to express support for hate groups.

The Republican nominee also tells the confab the Palestinian Authority “is not our friend,” defending his decision to cut funding to Ramallah during his term in office, despite historic US backing for the PA.

“I defunded the Palestinian Authority and choked off the money to Hamas, and we actually defunded, we were paying them a fortune every year, the United State was paying a fortune, and I said ‘we’re not gonna pay it, they’re not our friends and not the friends of Israel.'”

Paying tribute to slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Trump briefly garbles his name before recovering.

“We’re all devastated by the horrific death of our fellow American Hersh Golbin, it’s so sad, so sad to even say, Hersh Goldberg-Polin,” he says.

“As for the evil savages responsible for these murders, may they never know peace and comfort ever again,” he adds. “Cannot know it.”

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