Hillary Clinton cautions Trump on antisemitism
Former congresswoman and presidential candidate of the democratic party Hillary Clinton had called out on president Trump to take more measures in the protection of the rights of Jewish people most especially those living in the United States. Mrs. Clinton who spoke amid recent attacks on Jewish Americans, condemns recent JCC bomb threats, Jewish on cemetery desecration and "online attacks" against Jews. Hillary Clinton Tuesday condemn recent troubling and antisemitic incidents as she categorically called out on the president of the United States to do something relevant in curtailing such happenings.
"JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped," she wrote on Twitter. "Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS."
Mrs. Clinton who took this stance got up to the reality of a serious threats against Jewish Americans after vandals damaged and knocked-over more than 100 headstones at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery. Also on Monday, 11 Jewish community centers across the United States were targeted with false bomb threats, the fourth such wave of harassing phone calls in five weeks.
“Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom,” read a statement, attributed to White House press secretary Sean Spicer, that was shared Monday afternoon by NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander. “The President has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable.”
Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, who is Jewish, condemned the threats in a Tweet that pointed to the fact that the targets were Jewish.
“America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance,” she said. “We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers.” She ended the tweet with the hashtagged acronym for Jewish community center, “#JCC.”
Earlier, the white house who have been quiet about this threats and attacks on the Jewish people most especially that of the president during a news conference prior to the JCC bomb threats, when asked by reporters about the attacks, the president answered by denying he is an anti-Semite and called the question "insulting" as though the reporter had directly insinuated his glaring support on their hate.
"JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped," she wrote on Twitter. "Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS."
Mrs. Clinton who took this stance got up to the reality of a serious threats against Jewish Americans after vandals damaged and knocked-over more than 100 headstones at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery. Also on Monday, 11 Jewish community centers across the United States were targeted with false bomb threats, the fourth such wave of harassing phone calls in five weeks.
“Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom,” read a statement, attributed to White House press secretary Sean Spicer, that was shared Monday afternoon by NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander. “The President has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable.”
Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, who is Jewish, condemned the threats in a Tweet that pointed to the fact that the targets were Jewish.
“America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance,” she said. “We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers.” She ended the tweet with the hashtagged acronym for Jewish community center, “#JCC.”
Earlier, the white house who have been quiet about this threats and attacks on the Jewish people most especially that of the president during a news conference prior to the JCC bomb threats, when asked by reporters about the attacks, the president answered by denying he is an anti-Semite and called the question "insulting" as though the reporter had directly insinuated his glaring support on their hate.
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