Trump slammed as antisemitic for blaming Jews if he loses: 'Vile and dangerous'

Former President Donald Trump in Phoenix on June 6, 2024 (Gage Skidmore)
Alex Henderson
September 20, 2024Trump

2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly accused American Jews who vote Democratic of betraying their faith and hurting Israel, and major Jewish organizations — including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Jewish Democratic Council of America — have called out those comments as antisemitic. ADL leader Jonathan Greenblatt has called for Trump to "stop using Jews as a political football."

But Trump has only doubled down on the type of arguments that the ADL considers antisemitic.

At an Israeli American Council event on Thursday, September 19, Trump berated American Jews who are planning to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris instead of him.

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Trump told attendees, "If I don't win this election…. the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens." And he went on to accuse Jews who vote Democrat of "voting for the enemy."

On X, formerly Twitter, New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman noted that Trump made those comments "at an event to decry antisemitism."

Harris campaign official Andrew Weinstein tweeted, "Donald Trump is now saying that the 'Jewish people' will be to blame if he loses this election. This is vile and dangerous and should be condemned by all Americans. Antisemitic rhetoric like this makes Jews less safe.

In another tweet, author Peter Hickman wrote, "First he'll blame the Jews then the LGBTQ+ community then the Latinos etc etc … straight out of Hitler’s Nazi playbook."

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