Silke Jasso
On Tuesday morning, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent out a tweet commenting on the rise of antisemitic incidents in the United States.
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In recent days, there have been numerous reports of threatened violence against Jewish communities, and some Jewish community centers and cemeteries were vandalized.
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JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 21, 2017
“JCC threats, cemetery desecration & online attacks are so troubling & they need to be stopped. Everyone must speak out, starting w/ @POTUS,” Clinton wrote.
Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, who is Jewish, spoke out against the violence.
America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers. #JCC
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) February 20, 2017
“America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers. #JCC,” Trump wrote.
A week after telling a Jewish reporter to sit down and stop talking, President Trump has yet to directly address the rise of antisemitism, but a White House spokesman claimed that Trump has made it “abundantly clear” that this violence is “unacceptable.”
“Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. The President has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable,” White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement.
