While both Ilhan Omar and Donald Trump have spouted similar anti-Semitic memes, so far political parties had refrained from actively using fear and hatred of Jews to get votes.
Until today. The Rockland County NY Republican Party posted this video to Facebook:
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I have pretty thick skin but this one even shocked me. It basically is WE WILL KEEP THE JOOS OUT BECAUSE THEY WILL DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Aron Weider, featured in the video as a bogeyman, is a former Chairman of the Rockland County Democratic Party.
Fortunately there is some pushback. NY AG Letitia James tweeted her outrage:
And amazingly the Republican Jewish Coalition, which always excuses Trump’s offenses (even the anti-Semitic memes that Trump said TO THEM), also tweeted:
Ironically many of the orthodox Jewish areas in Rockland County voted big for Trump, although some voted big for Clinton. Hopefully the TrumpJews will realize that Republicans are not their friends.