{"id":34998,"date":"2017-02-22T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=34998"},"modified":"2017-02-22T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T13:38:14","slug":"after-much-prodding-trump-condemns-anti-semitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/after-much-prodding-trump-condemns-anti-semitism\/","title":{"rendered":"After much prodding, Trump condemns anti-Semitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) &#8212; President Donald Trump denounced anti-Semitism a day after bomb threats to at least 10 Jewish community centers across the country and a large-scale cemetery vandalism in the St. Louis area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34999\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34999\" class=\"wp-image-34999 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21:  (AFP OUT) President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History &amp; Culture on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump was joined by Dr. Ben Carson and Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-1024x710.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/208;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34999\" class=\"wp-image-34999 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 21:  (AFP OUT) President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History &amp; Culture on February 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump was joined by Dr. Ben Carson and Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/trump_001-1024x710.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump delivering remarks after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Feb. 21, 2017. (Kevin Dietsch\/Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under pressure to condemn anti-Semitism in the wake of what has been called an uptick in incidents since he was elected, Trump told MSNBC on Tuesday morning, &#8220;Anti-Semitism is horrible and it\u2019s going to stop, and it has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president made the remarks at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., after taking a tour. His daughter Ivanka was with him on the tour; a day earlier she had called for the protection of religious institutions and used the hashtag #JCC, and called on her father to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by reporter Craig Melvin if his statement meant he was denouncing anti-Semitism &#8220;once and for all,&#8221; Trump replied: &#8220;Of course, and I do it whenever I get the chance to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump was asked during a news conference about the prior JCC bomb threats and what the government\u2019s response would be to \u201can uptick in anti-Semitism.\u201d Although the reporter did not suggest Trump was anti-Semitic, the president answered by denying he is an anti-Semite and called the question \u201cinsulting.\u201d He ordered the reporter to sit dowm, and did not answer the question.<\/p>\n<p>Trump later told Melvin in a one-on-one interview about the racial divide in America that the tour was &#8220;a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and our Jewish community centers are horrible, are painful and they are a reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jewish groups and political leaders have called on Trump to speak out against anti-Semitism, especially after four waves of bomb threats called in to dozens of JCCs across the country in the past five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, Trump&#8217;s opponent in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, in a tweet called on Trump to condemn anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;JCC threats, cemetery desecration &amp; online attacks are so troubling &amp; they need to be stopped. 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