'Disturbingly At Ease With Antisemitic Rhetoric': Schumer Rips Trump Over Comments About Doug Emhoff

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In remarks on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) slammed former President Donald Trump over comments he made on a radio show about Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

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00:00Now, Madam President, 245 days ago, I stood right here on the Senate floor to raise the

00:09alarm of rising anti-Semitism in America and the need to condemn anti-Semitism whenever

00:16we see it.

00:18This week, Squirrel Hill, the Tree of Life synagogue massacre of 2018, was targeted once

00:23again with anti-Semitic vandalism and attacks.

00:27These attacks are vile, they're hurtful, they poison our society with division, fear, grief.

00:35And for the Squirrel Hill community, which has already suffered unimaginable tragedy,

00:40this is particularly horrific.

00:43It pains me to say that anti-Semitism like this is unfortunately not unusual today.

00:49In our community and in our politics, anti-Semitism is ascendant.

00:54This week, none other than Donald Trump once again added to the division.

00:58Yesterday, during a radio interview with WABC in New York City, Donald Trump agreed with

01:04his interviewer that the nation's second gentleman, a Jewish American, is, quote, unquote, a crappy Jew.

01:13Why?

01:15Presumably because he's a Democrat.

01:17On air, Donald Trump then repeated the sick idea that if you're a Jew and if you happen

01:22to support Democrats, you should have your head examined and that you're a bunch of fools.

01:29Sadly, we've been here before, but it must be said again, Donald Trump's comments were

01:36reprehensible, dangerous, and proof that he is disturbingly at ease with anti-Semitic rhetoric.

01:44It might be tempting to listen to what Donald Trump said on the radio and tune it out just

01:48as another Trump insult.

01:50But that would be a mistake.

01:52Calling Jews fools and suggesting they are bad or disloyal because of their political

01:57beliefs is not just some juvenile insult.

02:00It's an old anti-Semitic trope that goes back centuries, one of dual loyalty.

02:06It's been used for a very long time to drive Jews out of their homes, to paint them as

02:11untrustworthy, to deny their basic dignity.

02:16So when Donald Trump goes on air and attacks Jews for the way they vote, he knows precisely

02:21what he is doing.

02:23He is sowing the seeds of division.

02:26He is propagating naked anti-Semitism.

02:29Donald Trump will always try to drag this nation down with insults, intolerance, fear,

02:36smear.

02:37But we are better than that, as the American people will make clear, make very clear, in

02:42the months to come.

'Disturbingly At Ease With Antisemitic Rhetoric': Schumer Rips Trump Over Comments About Doug Emhoff

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