NY Jewish Week: Jews Who Vote Democratic Are ‘Disloyal,’ Trump Says

By Shira Hanau

Nearly eight in 10 Jews voted Democratic in the 2018 midterm elections.

Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, said in a statement, “This is yet another example of Donald Trump continuing to weaponize and politicize anti-Semitism. At a time when anti-Semitic incidents have increased — due to the president’s emboldening of white nationalism — Trump is repeating an anti-Semitic trope,” said Soifer. “If this is about Israel, then Trump is repeating a dual loyalty claim, which is a form of anti-Semitism. If this is about Jews being “loyal” to him, then Trump needs a reality check. We live in a democracy, and Jewish support for the Republican Party has been halved in the past four years.”