President Donald Trump told a gathering of Jewish leaders at his estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday evening that his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, is “pandering” to antisemitism instead of “expunging” it.
Trump described antisemitism on college campuses as “loco,” and said that Jewish leaders like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had led to a decline of Jewish leadership in the United States, to the point where politicians who hate Israel and the Jewish people could become prominent representatives within the Democratic Party.
Vice President Harris has faced criticism in recent weeks for passing over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate because he is Jewish and pro-Israel. She has also hired anti-Israel advisers. Trump also noted that she had avoided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a special joint session of Congress last month, and that she had…
