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Former President Donald Trump recently delivered remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Nevada. In his speech, Trump warned that Israel would cease to exist if Kamala Harris were to win the U.S. election, and pre-emptively blamed Jewish Americans if he were to lose. Trump also made an appeal to Jewish voters — who have traditionally leaned heavily Democratic but whose support could benefit him in key battleground states.
Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette explains how shifting blame onto others is key to Trump’s playbook, proving that the GOP candidate is a fundamentally “broken human.”
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
One of the benefits to being Mexican American in the Southwest is you tend to have really good antenna when it comes to political candidates who pick on marginalized groups and attempt to portray them as the problem.
See, we’ve seen this movie before. Trump told the Jewish Republicans that if Harris is elected, “you’re not going to have an Israel anymore.” Then it got worse, and weird. Trump also seems to be auditioning for his next reality show. They should call it: “The Biggest Victim.” Everyone is out to get him, and life is just so darned unfair, you see?
“I really haven’t been treated right,” [Trump] told the audience, implying that Jewish voters should be showing him more love. “If I don’t win this election, in my opinion,” [Trump] went on, “the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss.”
That’s just crazy. With so many heavily-armed whackjobs out there who are eager to use violence to assert their privilege, Trump has started the process of blaming the Jews if he loses this election. What could possibly go wrong with a plan like that? Like I said, this guy is broken, broken, broken.
