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JTA: Jewish groups see Trump’s disloyalty remarks as ‘dangerous’ and ‘textbook anti-Semitism’

August 21, 2019

Halie Soifer, the executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, slammed the president’s comments.

“If this is about Israel, then Trump is repeating a dual loyalty claim, which is a form of anti-Semitism,” she said in a statement. “If this is about Jews being ‘loyal’ to him, then Trump needs a reality check.”