Trump Says That if He Loses Election, ‘Jewish People Would Have a Lot to Do’ With It

When speaking at an event centered on fighting antisemitism, Donald Trump used the opportunity to gripe about Jewish Americans who vote Democrat and blamed the lack of support on the party’s “curse on you.”

“The Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss,” Trump said at the Israeli-American Council national summit in Washington, DC. “It’s only because of the Democrat hold, or curse, on you.”

He further suggested that Jewish Americans owe him their vote, and said, “All I have done for Israel, I received only 24 percent of the Jewish vote” and complained that “I really haven’t been treated very well, but it’s the story of my life.”

During the disjointed speech, Trump attempted to pin antisemitic hate crimes against Jews to his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and claimed that she “hates Israel” while painting himself as “the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House.” (Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff is Jewish.)

When speaking to the audience, Trump made no mention of Mark Robinson —  the Republican Party’s controversial candidate for governor who recently came under scrutiny after reportedly referring to himself as a “black NAZI!” online and expressing support for reviving slavery. In the past, Trump has praised Robinson as someone he “cherished.

This is not the first time Trump has berated Jewish Americans for not being more grateful for his policy toward Israel. During a radio interview in July, he repeated past attacks on Jewish Americans who don’t support him and said, “If you’re Jewish, if you vote for a Democrat, you’re a fool.” Trump also called Second Gentleman Emhoff a “crappy Jew.”

Throughout his campaign Trump has consistently spewed hateful rhetoric. Last December, he accused immigrants of “destroying the blood of our country” — echoing white supremacists and genocidal Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Trump has reportedly acknowledged that he was once gifted a copy of Hitler’s book, and according to his ex-wife, Ivana Trump, the former president kept a collection of Hitler’s speeches in a cabinet at his bedside and would read them.

Trump has repeatedly accused Democratic Jews of being disloyal to him, Israel, and their own religion and used antisemitic tropes to malign them.

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