Shameless Leftists Blame Trump for Hanukkah Stabbing Attack

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Leftists blame President Trump for Hanukkah attack

The liberal elite are already blaming Donald Trump for the Hanukkah attack in New York, barely 24 hours since it took place.

Grafton Thomas was arrested for stabbing five people and has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder. But some on the left are placing the blame on Trump.

Left-wing newspaper the Washington Post on Sunday highlighted Trump’s critics in its report on the stabbings:

“Some House Democrats singled out the president for criticism, arguing that he has been insufficiently clear in denouncing anti-Semitism and has frequently perpetuated offensive stereotypes about Jewish people.

Earlier this month, Trump prompted an outcry from Jewish groups after he delivered a speech in which he sought to convince a Jewish audience that they had “no choice” but to vote for him or else they would lose money to Democratic presidential contenders’ wealth tax plans. He also said some Jews “don’t love Israel enough,” echoing a previous statement in which he questioned the loyalty of Jews who vote for Democrats.

Breitbart.com reports: The article named one Democrat who blamed Trump directly: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), another frequent critic of Trump, shared a tweet by a New York-based comedian who argued that the Monsey attack followed “3 years of anti-semitism from the Trump Administration.”

“So sad but predictable. His conduct has made unacceptable conduct acceptable,” Cohen said, appearing to blame Trump in part for the recent rise in attacks against Jewish people and members of other minority groups across the country. “It will take decades to cure.”

Washington Post correspondent and reporter for other leftwing media Mairav Zonszein said she held the White House “directly responsible” for the rise of antisemitism:

“Just to be clear, I hold the Trump White House directly responsible for the increasing violent attacks on Orthodox Jewish people in America. It should be clear now that exceptionalizing Jews — whether in a negative or positive light — endangers us and keeps us forever at risk,” Zonszein tweeted.

“I’m being personally attacked and insulted in what appears to be a coordinated fashion – for holding a president who has empowered white nationalists and normalized antisemitism. I feel threatened and scared as a Jew for the first time in my life,” Zonszein tweeted.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) blamed Trump and Rudy Giuliani on Twitter, linking to an op-ed he wrote in the Jewish publication Forward, including the false claim that Trump has not condemned extremism. 

“Anti-Semitism is on the rise in America. And it’s being stoked by @realDonaldTrump who won’t  condemn it and Trump’s lawyer, @RudyGiuliani, who just this week said he’s “more Jewish than Soros.” ICYMI, my @jdforward op-ed on what we must do,” Swalwell tweeted.

“This isn’t happening in a vacuum,” Swalwell wrote in the op-ed. “It’s happening as President Donald Trump and his allies dabble in hate-baiting propaganda. From refusing to unconditionally condemn the 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville to accusing American Jewish Democrats of disloyalty, President Trump has tacitly or explicitly empowered extremism in ways not seen in generations.”

Arizona Democrat Nathan Schneider, who describes himself on Twitter as a “universal health care advocate, public education proponent, organizer, campaign manager/regional field director, and former House candidate” blamed Trump for the violence: 

https://twitter.com/NSchneiderAZ13/status/1211171668971814918

“Trump is directly to blame for this antisemitic violence and if we don’t take drastic steps to address this threat the attacks will become worse and more frequent. #Monsey,” Schneider tweeted.

The Times of Israel cited a Jewish lawmaker who blamed Trump:

Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish lawmaker representing the predominantly Arab Joint List in the Knesset, reacts to the Monsey stabbing by blaming it on US President Donald Trump.

“Hatred of human beings is infectious: Where Trump incites against Muslims and immigrants, anti-Semitic movements will thrive and Jews will be attacked,” he tweets.

“My condolences to the community and wishing recovery to the wounded, and hoping that the world manages to overcome a tsunami of racist hatred.”

The Jerusalem Post predicted this animus against Trump will play a role in the 2020 presidential election:

Those opposed to Trump will surely try to drop the antisemitism squarely at his feet. They will focus on the Jew hatred coming from the white supremacists, the neo-Nazis, the far Right, and say that Trump – with his divisive rhetoric, his use of what they say are antisemitic tropes, and his anti-immigrant policies and actions – has given them a back wind.

They will ignore all Trumps’ statements against antisemitism, all he has done for Israel, his recent signing of an executive order to combat antisemitism on campus, and the fact that he has a Jewish daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. They will ignore all of that and say the antisemitism is his fault.

5 Comments

  1. Yeah, good luck with the accusation. A sieve would hold more water!

    Now lets talk about the antisemite friends of the DNC….like Farrakhan, Sharpton, Jackson, Byrd…..

  2. I blame the anti defamation league for these staged attacks. The worlds greatest problems are the Roman Catholic Church (Harlot) (represented by the tribe of Esau) and the Jewish bloodline of Dan (beast). The beast will destroy the harlot in the end days. The lesser problems, but still big problems are Islam (created by the Catholic Church) and the Khazar Jews. Another major problem is the fact that Christianity (not including pagan Catholicism) has been infiltrated at the highest levels, so those truly seeking the Lord with their hearts don’t have many places to turn to for true biblical principals. The witchcraft is on our TVs and in our music, as well as new age philosophies which are really very old Hindu religious principles ie. yoga, meditation involving blanking ones mind, miracle foods which are foods offered to idols first, then when you eat you get the demons, animal (cow) worship, karma, and so on. The goal of hinduism is to avoid reincarnation by becoming one with Shiva or Brahman. They do this thru yoga and meditation. Most Christians are caught up in these deceptions, and they are the same as the snares God warned the children of Israel about when they went into the land of Canaan.

    Deuteronomy 7:25 | View whole chapter | See verse in context
    The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

    Most people wouldn’t consider taking the gold and silver to be a snare, but then again most people don’t think Yoga and mindless meditation are a snare either. Its all idolatry and items offered to idols, dont let it be a snare to you my friends.

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