Emhoff says Trump’s ‘disgusting, toxic, antisemitic’ comments should be ‘condemned’

Throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Nebraska, second gentleman Doug Emhoff criticized former President Trump for his latest feedback about Democratic Jewish voters, saying he ought to be “condemned” for his “disgusting, poisonous and antisemitic” remarks.

“It is a disgusting, poisonous antisemitic factor to say, by anybody, not to mention a former president of the USA, and it have to be condemned,” Emhoff mentioned, as reported by Bloomberg.

Emhoff was responding to Trump’s latest interview with conservative radio host Sebastian Gorka, the place he mentioned Democrats “hate Israel” and that Jewish voters who again Democrats hate their faith.  

Gorka requested Trump why high Democrats “hate” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as tensions rise between President Biden and Israel’s high chief over the warfare in Gaza.

In a publish on X, previously Twitter, Emhoff mentioned the previous president “makes use of stereotypes to demean Jewish Individuals.”

“He known as Neo-Nazis at Charlottesville ‘very fantastic folks.’ And his former Chief of Workers mentioned he even praised Adolf Hitler,” Emhoff posted. “This hateful and antisemitic rhetoric is poisonous. Donald Trump is the one who ought to be ashamed.”

Final week, Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) criticized Netanyahu for shedding “his means” within the ongoing political and authorized battles he faces and his dealing with of Israel’s warfare towards Hamas.

Emhoff, a distinguished Jewish determine within the Biden administration, has been a voice for the White Home addressing the rise of antisemitism since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7. In January, he attended the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland, the place he highlighted the Biden-Harris administration’s “dedication to countering the worldwide rise of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and hate of all types.”

Trump’s feedback, and Emhoff’s response, got here shortly after Trump earned the Republican Get together’s presidential nomination, establishing a rematch between him and Biden, the Democratic Get together’s selection.

Because the begin of the warfare, Trump has repeatedly positioned himself as deeply supportive of Israel in its mission to defend itself. Biden, alternatively, has develop into extra vocal about how Israel ought to be conducting its counteroffensive.

On Monday, Biden spoke with Netanyahu and harassed that the U.S. continues to be supportive of Israel defeating Hamas, however thinks the nation must do it in a “coherent and sustainable” means. The decision marks the primary time the leaders have spoken since Biden mentioned Netanyahu was hurting Israel.