David Friedman, Donald Trump’s adviser on Israel, denies that the GOP candidate’s campaign has been marred by anti-Semitic sentiments among part of its base.
Rather, he tells Israel’s Channel 2 in an interview, “there’s anti-Semitic sentiment among [Hillary] Clinton supporters.”
David Friedman, Donald Trump’s adviser on Israel, speaks to Channel 10 News on September 14, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 2)
When it comes to anti-Semitism, Friedman continues, “The danger in the United States is not on the right…. The movement that you ought to be concerned about is the movement on the left.”
Asked to comment on a recent report by the Anti-Defamation League that found mass anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish journalists, he says he can’t speak about “journalists in particular.”
Still, he asserts, the ADL has “lost all credibility.”
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