Tonight, Trump Lied. Join Us Tomorrow for Truth.
In his speech to a joint session of Congress, Donald Trump invoked the same extreme rhetoric and empty promises he used throughout his presidential campaign. Tonight, he lied for almost two hours, but words on a teleprompter don’t change the facts on the ground. Through his actions and his rhetoric, Trump has made clear that he’d rather align with right-wing extremists than the vast majority of Americans, including Jewish Americans.
While it’s easy to falsely claim progress, Trump’s only real accomplishment is continuing a steady stream of disinformation and lies, as exemplified by tonight’s speech. Donald Trump has debased our democracy, betrayed our allies, and aligned with Putin. Trump is a threat to our community, our nation, and our future, and his bigotry and depravity was on full display in tonight’s speech.
Join JDCA tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET for an analysis of Trump’s remarks from New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and a discussion of how Democrats are fighting back, including in the courts, with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Almost as notable as what was in Trump’s rambling remarks is what he omitted. Trump left out that he is hurting working class Americans and preparing to cut Medicaid – depriving tens of millions of Americans of health care – to fund a tax cut for billionaires. He left out that he has undermined and attacked our democracy at home, and threatened our democratic allies abroad.
Trump has not restored American leadership on the world stage. To the contrary, America has never been more isolated from our democratic allies and more aligned with our authoritarian adversaries. None of that is good for Jews, whether in the U.S., Israel, or around the world.
We hope you will join us tomorrow to discuss how Democrats are fighting back to defend democracy and ways you can get involved.
Thank you for standing with us.
Sincerely,
Halie Soifer
CEO, Jewish Democratic Council of America