Forward: Left Debates Tactics In Confronting ‘Unite the Right 2’ In D.C.

Other Jewish leaders said regardless of what happens on Aug. 12 the fact that white supremacists feel emboldened to march and run for office shows the danger of President Trump’s rhetoric.

“This weekend’s event is not happening in a vacuum,” Jewish Democratic Council of America director Halie Soifer told the Forward. “This is just one of many indications of the divisive politics this administration is fueling in this country.”

Soifer added she would never discourage people in “expressing their first amendment rights” in confronting white supremacy, but hoped their wasn’t any violence.

“As a mother and as a Jew, I’m concerned about safety and just horrified this is even happening in 2018.”