Anti-Defamation League: Trump Not Directly Addressing Anti-Semitism Is ‘Mind-Boggling’ – Mediaite

Posted By on February 17, 2017

For the second day in a row, President Trump addressed anti-Semitism during a press conference and also for the second day in a row, the Anti-Defamation League was stunned by the way he handled it.

Yesterday, Trump started off his answer to a question about anti-Semitism by invoking his electoral college win. The ADL responded in a tweet that it was troubling he didnt condemn the real issue of anti-Semitism in America today.

Well, today Trump got another question on the matter. The reporter brought up recent bomb threats against Jewish centers across the country and other anti-Semitic acts going on. Trump immediately scolded the reporter, told him to sit down and said, I am the least anti-Semitic person that youve ever seen in your entire life.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and ADL National Chair Marvin Nathan issued the following statement in response:

On two separate occasions over the past two days, President Trump has refused to say what he is going to do about rising anti-Semitism or to even condemn it. It is mind-boggling why President Trump prefers to shout down a reporter or brush this off as a political distraction. This is not a partisan issue. Its a potentially lethal problem and its growing.

In light of the bomb scares, online harassment, physical vandalism, death threats and other hate crimes, there is a simple question at hand that Americans of all faiths deserve an answer to what is the Trump Administration going to do about the recent surge of anti-Semitism? What concrete steps will the White House take to address intolerance?

We are going to keep asking these questions and urge others in the press and public to do so as well until we get a clear answer from our President.

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