(The Guardian) Earlier in the day, Donald Trump went on a lengthy diatribe against Democrats in the Oval Office, which included him labeling the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer “a Palestinian”.
“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish, he’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,” Trump said, as he met with the taoiseach of Ireland, Micheál Martin.
Schumer, who served as Senate majority leader when Democrats held the majority during the previous four years, is considered the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US government.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has condemned Donald Trump’s comment that the Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is “a Palestinian”.
“President Trump’s use of the term ‘Palestinian’ as a racial slur is offensive and beneath the dignity of his office. He should apologize to the Palestinian and American people,” said the Cair national executive director, Nihad Awad, who is of Palestinian heritage.
“It is the continuing dehumanization of the Palestinian people that has resulted in horrific hate crimes against Palestinian-Americans, the US-enabled genocide in Gaza, and decades of denial of Palestinian human rights by successive presidential administrations.”
“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish, he’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,” Trump said, as he met with the taoiseach of Ireland, Micheál Martin.
Schumer, who served as Senate majority leader when Democrats held the majority during the previous four years, is considered the highest-ranking Jewish official in the US government.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) has condemned Donald Trump’s comment that the Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is “a Palestinian”.
“President Trump’s use of the term ‘Palestinian’ as a racial slur is offensive and beneath the dignity of his office. He should apologize to the Palestinian and American people,” said the Cair national executive director, Nihad Awad, who is of Palestinian heritage.
“It is the continuing dehumanization of the Palestinian people that has resulted in horrific hate crimes against Palestinian-Americans, the US-enabled genocide in Gaza, and decades of denial of Palestinian human rights by successive presidential administrations.”
