The White House on Thursday accused former President Donald Trump of being "antisemitic" in his recent criticism of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday, after Shapiro spoke at the Democratic National Convention:
The highly overrated Jewish Governor of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a really bad and poorly delivered speech talking about freedom and fighting for Comrade Kamala Harris for President, yet she hates Israel and will do nothing but make its journey through the complexities of survival as difficult as possible, hoping in the end that it will fail. Judge only by her actions! Yet Shapiro, for strictly political reasons, refused to acknowledge that I am the best friend that Israel, and the Jewish people, ever had. I have done more for Israel than any President, and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close. Shapiro has done nothing for Israel, and never will. Comrade Kamala Harris, the Radical Left Marxist who stole the nomination from Crooked Joe, will do even less. Israel is in BIG trouble!
White House spokesperson Herbie Ziskend said in a statement to Axios, "It is antisemitic, dangerous, and hurtful to attack a fellow American by calling out their Jewish faith in a derogatory way, or perpetuating the centuries-old smear of 'dual loyalty.'"
Shapiro told reporters on Thursday: "I think it's clear over the last few years, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics. He's someone who's routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this."
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump has "stood firmly with Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East" and claimed that Vice President "Kamala Harris talks out of both sides of her mouth to appease Hamas sympathizers."
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