Donald Trump's recent remarks directly blaming American Jews for his potential loss in November are just the latest in a long history of pervasive anti-Semitic comments he's made which have been picked up by his surrogates in Congress and on social media alike.
“If I don’t win this election — and the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens, because if 40%, I mean, 60% of the people are voting for the enemy [then] Israel, in my opinion, will cease to exist within two years," Trump said Thursday night at the right-wing Israeli-American Council in Washington, DC.
That tweet from Marc Elias proved prescient on Sunday when CNN's Jake Tapper hosted Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and asked him if he supported Trump's anti-Semitic comments, which could result in Jewish Americans being threatened.
Tapper asked Cotton if he was "comfortable" with "Trump saying, if he loses, preemptively, it’s the fault of the Jews, a group already experiencing a rise of antisemitism in this country — from the left and the right — but still, preemptively, it’s the fault of the Jews?”
“Well, Jake, Donald Trump has been saying things like this for at least 11 months since the Oct. 7 attacks,” Cotton replied. “I think the only reason the Democrats latched onto it this week is they see the polling that reflects Donald Trump winning record-high amounts of Jewish voters who are Republicans.”
But Tapper reminded him that the topic wasn't Israel, but Trump's anti-Semitism ,and Cotton once again went back to talking about Israel.
Watch the full segment, below.