Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
My second ever blog contribution on
February 2, 2017 begins:
“Nothing humorous to start with
today. Thirteen Jewish Community Centers
across the country received bomb threats yesterday, one quite close to
home. I predicted this escalation the
day after the election.” Thus began my
entry into activism, joining the Anti-Defamation League, the ACLU, signing
petitions and writing to my representatives.
Yesterday, 11 Jewish worshippers were
murdered and more wounded by a shooter shouting, “All Jews must die.” Yesterday, after stating that the nation’s
gun laws had little to do with the shooting and suggesting that the synagogue
should have had an armed guard, Trump jumped back on the campaign trail and
attacked and name-called prominent Democrats.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
During the campaign, Trump chose to
repeat the theme of “America First,” the motto of Nazi-friendly Americans in
the 1930s, such as Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh. This reflects an exclusionary America,
emphasizing virulent patriotism and restrictive immigration. “God bless this man,” stated the Daily
Stormer, a white supremacist website supporting Trump. After David Duke, the former grand wizard of
the KKK, endorsed him, Trump refused to condemn him.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
Immediately prior to the election, Trump
released a campaign ad with images of prominent Jews financier George Soros,
Janet Yellen, and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein with the description of “global
special interests,” and “those who control the levers of power.” He connected them with Hillary Clinton,
saying she “partners with these people who don’t have your good in mind.”
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
In August, 2017, hundreds of
torch-bearing white nationalists marched through the University of Virginia
campus, changing slogans such as “blood and soil” and “Jews will not replace
us.” Trump said, “There were some very
fine people on both sides.”
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
The Anti-Defamation League indicated that
anti-Semitic acts in the U.S. rose 57% in 2017.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
Last week, California Republican House
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted a warning that three wealthy Jewish
Democrats were buying the mid-term elections.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
Last Friday,
Trump rallied against “globalists,” a code word for Jews used by Nazis to
depict them as moneybags and radicals.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
Today, Eric
Trump said that the synagogue shooter doesn’t represent the right. He is very, very wrong. Not only does the shooter represent them, he reflects
them, he is legitimized by them, and he is accepted by them.
Yes, Trump and his cronies bear responsibility.
And, yes, I
will continue to fight.
