The Surge Of Trump-Fueled Anti-Semitism Is Hitting Jewish Reporters Who Cover Him

[deminks]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/27/3782503/donald-trump-anti-semitism-tweets/

Donald Trump has an anti-Semitism problem.

Granted, the newly minted Republican nominee for president has long insisted that his is not himself anti-Semitic, and regularly points out that his daughter is a Jewish convert. Yet Trump has done little to quell a rising tide of anti-Semitism among his supporters since launching his campaign last year: Trump initially refused to disavow anti-Semitic Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, a Trump surrogate implied at a rally that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders should convert from Judaism and “meet Jesus,” prominent anti-Semites went on radio shows to encourage their supporters to "get out and vote" for Trump, and a man was filmed leaving a Trump rally shouting in Cleveland shouting “Go to fucking Auschwitz.”

To make matters worse, anti-Semitic white supremacists recently announced that they view Trump’s relative silence on the issue “as an endorsement.”

This surge of anti-Semitism has been unsettling to many, but is hitting one group especially hard: Jewish political reporters who cover Trump, many of whom who say they are regularly subject to anti-Semitic harassment by his supporters online.

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Der Drumpfenfuhrer's brownshirts are there. Some are visible at the Nuremburg-style rallies. Most are online. For now.

[villager]

1. "Do you really think you can still control them?"

[beachbum bob]

2. certain amount of irony as trump is the result of the media and now some are feeling

the effect....we on the democratic side have similar challenges with blowhard Cornell West being forced by sanders on our platform committee...and that guy has some issues with antisemitism

[EL34x4]

3. I realize thinkprogress.org loves to tell us what we want to hear

but claims of anti-semitism on behalf of Trump's campaign are dubious, at best. C'mon, we're talking about a guy who wants to kick Muslims out of the country.

[cali]

4. Jaysus. First of all there's a truckload of proof. Secondly, you can be

Anti Muslim and anti-Semitic. If you'd read the linked article, you'd know that these aren't dubious claims at all

New York Times staffer tweets out op-ed critical of Trump, faces anti-Semitic avalanche
By Erik Wemple May 19

Last night, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out an opinion piece from The Post by Robert Kagan: “This is how fascism comes to America.” Via Trump, that is. “This is how fascism comes to America, not with jackboots and salutes (although there have been salutes, and a whiff of violence) but with a television huckster, a phony billionaire, a textbook egomaniac ‘tapping into’ popular resentments and insecurities, and with an entire national political party — out of ambition or blind party loyalty, or simply out of fear — falling into line behind him,” writes Kagan.

A deputy Washington editor at the Times, Weisman included a portion of that sentence in his tweet — along with another tweet on a related topic — and let it fly. Hatred responded.

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Weisman documented what happened next, and here is just a sampling


used to it you fucking kike. You people will be made to pay for the violence and fraud you've committed against us.
1:58 PM - 19 May 2016

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/05/19/new-york-times-staffer-tweets-out-op-ed-critical-of-trump-faces-anti-semitic-avalanche/

:http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuseG

[cali]

6. Pitiful, disgusting denial. This isn't the nyt throwing anything

Try reading.

[Bucky]

11. I thank you for your courtesy to visitors

but you're not supposed to feed them after midnight

[Agnosticsherbet]

12. +1000

[Maeve]

7. Do you think he's not capable of hate two groups that are at odds with each other?

As for anti-semitism on Drumpt's part
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/03/one_yuuuuuge_mistake_donald_trump_just_delivered_an_anti_semitic_speech_to_the_republican_jewish_coalition/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204413#.V0r1rL7pVNs
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/trumpcampaign.html

[EL34x4]

8. LOL!

The first article quotes a speech Trump gave to a Jewish organization that he received a standing ovation for!

If we're playing the anti-semitism card this early in the campaign over such dubious allegations, then we're in fucking trouble.

[Maeve]

10. Hmmm...let's look at another take on that speech

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/03/politics/donald-trump-rjc-negotiator/

"Trump also faced boos from the crowd when in the question-and-answer portion of his appearance he would not pledge to keep Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
"I want to wait until I meet with Bibi," Trump said, referring to his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when Trump is scheduled to visit the country later this month.
As he faced boos, Trump fired back at the crowd, singling out one man who booed Trump: "Who's the wise guy? Do me a favor, just relax, OK?""

And read the other articles as well before defending the creep.

[Hortensis]

17. The defense of Trump here is very interesting.

We know that some Democrats are conservatives who vote Republican for president, and most or all other offices. That's just a fact. Then there are all the Sanders supporters who are conservative.

Still, it just seems very strange to see people here on DU make excuses for Trump and call reports of his behaviors lies. "Standing ovation," huh? Good luck peddling that to people here.

[Bucky]

9. Jeeze Louise, how'd you make it to 900 posts?

Your attack on the anti-semitism of "the Left" belongs in RedState.com.

And you're seriously arguing that if Trump hates all people of one religion, how could he possibly be prejudiced against another religion?

I honestly don't get what makes people like you think they're doing their cause any good by trolling through liberal discussion boards. But enjoy your stay, princess.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. Community standards

Play just nice enough to get out of MIRT purview, then phrase your codswallop in such a way that if called to jury there's a good chance you'll draw just enough "Leave-difference of opinion" votes to hang on even when you're dry-humping Trump.

I can't wait for the revised rules coming after the primaries.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. "Us"? Pfffft! nt

[Behind the Aegis]

14. This isn't really a surprise.

Trump's dog-whistling bigotry is attracting all kinds of bigots, so it isn't surprising the anti-Semites are flocking to him too. Is Trump himself an anti-Semite? I don't think so, but he does espouse some anti-Semitic rhetoric and ignores others, which can be just as bad as being a full-on anti-Semite. Thing is, the left sees this type of "quiet" anti-Semitism (telling Jews to "go back to Israel" (and variations of it, implying dual-loyalty, or primary loyalty to Israel), Jews and 9-11, Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism against them because of Israel, etc.). The real issue is most people don't even know what anti-Semitism is and with so many people trying to redefine it, it becomes even more convoluted. Too many simply think anti-Semitism is limited to "kike" (or other anti-Semitic slurs) and painting swastikas on synagogues, when it is so much more.

To make matters worse, anti-Semitic white supremacists recently announced that they view Trump’s relative silence on the issue “as an endorsement.”

It does make one wonder. Just because he has a Jewish daughter, doesn't mean he is now "exempt" from being anti-Semitic or being an anti-Semite, it is simply another version of the "some of my best friends are..." trope.

[AgadorSparticus]

15. You know, I never understood why so many white supremacists take to antisemitism.

Makes no sense to me.

[Behind the Aegis]

18. They don't see Jews as "white."

It really is that simple in their minds. Black supremacists are the same way; they refer to "white people and Jews". It goes way back, but a 'recent' example would be immigration to the US and other Western nations which had quotas for certain countries and Jews, as a separate category.