MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan stated Donald Trump’s warning to American Jews on Sunday may seem to be simply one other wild rant from the ex-president.
But it surely shouldn’t be dismissed as “Donald Trump being Donald Trump” ― as a result of the escalating antisemitic rhetoric from Trump and others on the suitable is a part of a harmful sample, he stated.
“These usually are not remoted or unconnected acts of antisemitic hate,” Hasan warned. “It’s all a part of the identical factor: The rising and harmful fascism on the American proper.”
Trump on Sunday complained that American evangelicals respect him greater than Jews, whereas additionally insisting he has the “highest approval ranking on this planet” in Israel.
“Jews should get their act collectively and respect what they’ve in Israel — Earlier than it’s too late!” he wrote on his floundering Reality Social platform.
Hasan performed a sequence of clips of Trump’s different antisemitic feedback over time, and famous he’s not alone within the Republican celebration on this regard.
And he warned the place it may lead.
“Now just isn’t the time to remain silent or to offer the GOP a cross on this concern,” he stated, including:
“President Joe Biden not too long ago referred to as out Trump’s MAGA philosophy as a type of ‘semi-fascism’ he stated. For me, utilizing that ‘semi’ is somewhat too beneficiant. And look, individuals can argue over the precise definition of fascism. However the one factor that fascist actions throughout the west have all the time had in widespread is that this: They go after Jewish minorities of their midst.”
See his full monologue beneath: