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Root: Jews in Israel Love Donald Trump 'Like He's the King of Israel'

posted onAugust 22, 2019
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Article snippet: Root claimed that Jews in Israel loved him as much as the “King of Israel” or the “second coming of God.” During his Newsmax show, he said: The president on Wednesday shared Wayne Allyn Root’s statement on Twitter. “Thank you to Wayne Allyn Root for the very nice words,” he wrote, adding “Wow!” Trump was criticized for saying at the White House Tuesday that Jews who supported Democrats demonstrated “a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Prominent Jewish Democrats criticized Trump’s statement supporting Israel for suggesting that Jews had a dual loyalty, which was “an antisemitic trope.” But Trump repeated his statement on Wednesday. “In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you’re being very disloyal to Jewish people and you’re being very disloyal to Israel,” he said. “And only weak people would say anything other than that.” Link to the full article to read more

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