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MaddowBlog-Trump has decided that Chuck Schumer is 'not Jewish anymore'
The American presidency is a powerful position, but it does not include the power to decide who is and is not Jewish.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-decided-chuck-schumer-not-jewish-anymore-rcna196213
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the history of the U.S. Congress. It’s long been a point of pride for the New York Democrat, whose new book on antisemitism in America will soon hit shelves.....
Across much of 2024, Trump repeatedly referred to the longtime senator as “a Palestinian” — using the label as a slur — even going so far as to claim publicly, and falsely, that Schumer is aligned with Hamas.
It was ugly and offensive rhetoric, even by Trump standards, and it was apparently motivated by the fact that the senator does not agree entirely with the Republican on U.S. policy toward Israel. But in 2025, the president has taken this in an even more repulsive direction. The Washington Post reported:
Right off the bat, it’s worth noting that it’s takes a special kind of political talent to offend Jews and Palestinians at the same time, over the course of a few seconds, but the president apparently managed to pull it off.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lk7377cm2i2r
......After his 2020 defeat, Trump kept this going, whining that Jewish voters “don’t love Israel enough,” dining with prominent antisemites at Mar-a-Lago, and arguing that Jews need to “get their act together” and “appreciate” Israel “before it is too late.”
In late 2022, he went so far as to declare that Jewish leaders “should be ashamed of themselves” over their “lack of loyalty.”
Trump occasionally expresses bewilderment over his lack of support among Jewish voters. Why he finds this so confusing is a mystery.
Across much of 2024, Trump repeatedly referred to the longtime senator as “a Palestinian” — using the label as a slur — even going so far as to claim publicly, and falsely, that Schumer is aligned with Hamas.
It was ugly and offensive rhetoric, even by Trump standards, and it was apparently motivated by the fact that the senator does not agree entirely with the Republican on U.S. policy toward Israel. But in 2025, the president has taken this in an even more repulsive direction. The Washington Post reported:
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Trump attacked the Democrats over their response during his address to Congress on March 6 and targeted Schumer when he was asked about corporate taxes. ‘Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,’ Trump said.
Right off the bat, it’s worth noting that it’s takes a special kind of political talent to offend Jews and Palestinians at the same time, over the course of a few seconds, but the president apparently managed to pull it off.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lk7377cm2i2r
Link to tweet
......After his 2020 defeat, Trump kept this going, whining that Jewish voters “don’t love Israel enough,” dining with prominent antisemites at Mar-a-Lago, and arguing that Jews need to “get their act together” and “appreciate” Israel “before it is too late.”
In late 2022, he went so far as to declare that Jewish leaders “should be ashamed of themselves” over their “lack of loyalty.”
Trump occasionally expresses bewilderment over his lack of support among Jewish voters. Why he finds this so confusing is a mystery.
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I guess you're able to change people's religion without their consent of knowledge.
No? 