Megan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.
Former President Donald Trump invoked a dual loyalty trope Monday by claiming Jews who vote for Democrats hate Israel. 'Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,' Trump said in an interview with Sebastian Gorka, a former Trump administration official, on Gorka's web show. 'They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves, because Israel will be destroyed,' Trump continued, going on to discuss Iran's nuclear ambitions.
'President Trump is right — the Democrat Party has turned into a full-blown anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, pro-terrorist cabal,' Leavitt said in a statement, pointing to issues including the Biden administration’s aid to Gaza and the speech in which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who is Jewish, called for new elections in Israel. Trump has touted his record on Israel by citing his moving of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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