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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(120,248 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:47 PM Thursday

Trump lets his Jew-hating flag fly again

Donald Trump returned to bigoted form on Wednesday by lobbing yet another antisemitic attack against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States.

“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned,” Trump said while speaking to reporters during a White House visit with Micheál Martin, the taoiseach (or prime minister) of Ireland. “He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian.”

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lk7377cm2i2r

As is often the case, Trump’s unhinged remarks were not in response to any specific question or topic but came as part of a rant against congressional Democrats. They dared to criticize the recently passed House spending bill for empowering Trump and his top benefactor Elon Musk, who has been working to attack and decimate government agencies via his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Wednesday’s outburst was not the first time Trump has accused Schumer of no longer being Jewish. He made a post in February claiming that Palestinians were “people like Schumer,” and made the same argument last year while campaigning for the presidency. Trump’s comments were tangentially related to Schumer and other Democrats criticizing the Israeli government for Palestinian deaths as a result of the Israel-Hamas War.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/12/2309738/-Trump-lets-his-Jew-hating-flag-fly-again

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Trump lets his Jew-hating flag fly again (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP

MaddowBlog-Trump has decided that Chuck Schumer is 'not Jewish anymore' LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #1

As for flying that flag "again", shouldn't we say "still flying"? nt eppur_se_muova Thursday #2

Not too long ago Submariner Thursday #3

Is there a response from Schumer? clevergrrrl Thursday #4

Schumer lets his wimp flag fly again. 617Blue Thursday #5

Trump escalates attack on American Jews: LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #6

His son-in-law is Jewish. Some book about the Dotard said his daughter converted. And what about the grands? raccoon Thursday #7

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,019 posts)

1. MaddowBlog-Trump has decided that Chuck Schumer is 'not Jewish anymore'

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 03:10 PM

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The American presidency is a powerful position, but it does not include the power to decide who is and is not Jewish.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-decided-chuck-schumer-not-jewish-anymore-rcna196213

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the history of the U.S. Congress. It’s long been a point of pride for the New York Democrat, whose new book on antisemitism in America will soon hit shelves.....

Across much of 2024, Trump repeatedly referred to the longtime senator as “a Palestinian” — using the label as a slur — even going so far as to claim publicly, and falsely, that Schumer is aligned with Hamas.

It was ugly and offensive rhetoric, even by Trump standards, and it was apparently motivated by the fact that the senator does not agree entirely with the Republican on U.S. policy toward Israel. But in 2025, the president has taken this in an even more repulsive direction. The Washington Post reported:

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Trump attacked the Democrats over their response during his address to Congress on March 6 and targeted Schumer when he was asked about corporate taxes. ‘Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,’ Trump said.

Right off the bat, it’s worth noting that it’s takes a special kind of political talent to offend Jews and Palestinians at the same time, over the course of a few seconds, but the president apparently managed to pull it off.
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......After his 2020 defeat, Trump kept this going, whining that Jewish voters “don’t love Israel enough,” dining with prominent antisemites at Mar-a-Lago, and arguing that Jews need to “get their act together” and “appreciate” Israel “before it is too late.”

In late 2022, he went so far as to declare that Jewish leaders “should be ashamed of themselves” over their “lack of loyalty.”

Trump occasionally expresses bewilderment over his lack of support among Jewish voters. Why he finds this so confusing is a mystery.

eppur_se_muova

(38,572 posts)

2. As for flying that flag "again", shouldn't we say "still flying"? nt

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Thu Mar 13, 2025, 03:12 PM

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Submariner

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3. Not too long ago

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 03:15 PM

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Bibi gave Elon a pass on those two hard nazi salutes, I would think a surprise to many, but what I observed was Bibi explaining that kind of conduct is okay if you're a republican fighting Liberalism.

So Trump knows Bibi is in his pocket and he can say whatever the hell he wants to say, and he will.

clevergrrrl

(45 posts)

4. Is there a response from Schumer?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 03:19 PM

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Ive often wondered about how politicians treat each other when the cameras are not on them. There is the cliche of Senators yelling at each other and then playing golf and having cocktails. How do you respond to something like that when you are physically present with the person making such horrible statements? Do you say, " hey, what the frig was that you said?" do you have a laugh over differences. Are there apologies issued behind closed doors? I just don't get it how you can be civil to uncivil individuals.

617Blue

(1,756 posts)

5. Schumer lets his wimp flag fly again.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 03:21 PM

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What's it take for this guy to defend himself?

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,019 posts)

6. Trump escalates attack on American Jews:

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 04:51 PM

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Link to tweet

Trump escalates attack on American Jews:

“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian.”

Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in America

raccoon

(31,687 posts)

7. His son-in-law is Jewish. Some book about the Dotard said his daughter converted. And what about the grands?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:26 PM

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