Article snippet: MORE said Tuesday that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are either ignorant or disloyal as he railed against two congresswomen who have been critical of the U.S.-Israel alliance. "I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with the president of Romania. Trump and the GOP have sought to win over Jewish voters from the Democratic Party by criticizing statements by Reps. MORE (D-Minn.), the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. Both have criticized Israel's government. Trump last week urged Israel to block Tlaib and Omar from visiting the country, saying in a tweet that allowing the visit would show "great weakness." An hour after Trump's tweet, Israel denied the congresswomen entry. But in stating that Jewish people who voted for Democrats were disloyal, Trump appeared to step into the same verbal quagmire about Jewish loyalty to the Israeli state that had drawn criticism to Omar earlier this year. Omar took heat for remarks that suggested to some that Jewish Americans were more loyal to Israel than the United States. Trump's comments came as he accused Tlaib and Omar of hating Israel and the Jewish people, and he complained that Democrats should also be criticizing them. "The concept of even talking about this ... of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people that hate Israel and hate Jewish people, I can't believe we’... Link to the full article to read more
Trump: Jews who vote Democrat show 'lack of knowledge or great disloyalty' | TheHill
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