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Posted By admin on February 16, 2017

During a joint press conference withIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuearlier today,Donald Trump responded to a question about rising anti-Semitism through his campaign and under his administration by talking about how he won the election. Yeah, once again, he responded to a question by bragging about his Electoral College votes from three months ago.

Obviously, his maneuvering of the topic from a rise in religiously-motivated hatred and attacks to his own successes set off a firestorm on cable news and Twitter. Now, the Anti-Defamation League, which has been working to counter the rise in hate directed at Jews and other minorities in recent months, has released a statement.

Following a string of tweets praising Trump for strengthening the bond between the United States and Israel and pointing out the importance of the two-state solution, they said this:

The incident is reminiscent of the White Houses refusal to acknowledge Jews during the presidents speech to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day a few weeks ago.

Further, this is not the first time the ADL has had to publicly express displeasure with the way Trump references or, in this case, doesnt reference Jewish people.

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The Anti-Defamation League Has Responded to Trump's 'Troubling' Comments on Anti-Semitism - Mediaite

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