Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University. He has authored numerous books about the subject of secularism, including the recent “Secularism: The Basics” (Routledge).
On Monday, former President Donald Trump accused Jews who vote for Democrats of hating Israel and their own religion, to boot. The comments were made, ironically, to MAGA ally Sebastian Gorka, a figure with ties to Nazi-linked parties in his native Hungary. Other than the fact that Trump loves to drag Jewish Americans , it’s hard to understand what he hoped to gain from this latest outburst. Admittedly, there is often a base cunning to even Trump’s most unhinged rants.
Picking off a few Jews who are disappointed in Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in these Democratic enclaves would have zero effect on the Electoral College. If Trump’s “appeals” will have little impact on Jewish swing voters, and if Jewish swing voters aren’t that important in a presidential election anyhow, then what rationale can we derive for his remarks? One way to think of this is that the MAGA movement believes it gains traction by sowing division within groups.
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