President Trump criticized Jewish voters who support Democrats during a press gaggle with reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump ripped Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over their complaints about not being able to visit Israel and the surrounding areas, even after the country allowed Tlaib to visit her grandmother.
“So I don’t blame Israel for doing what they did. I have nothing to do with it, but I don’t blame them for doing what they did,” Trump said on Tuesday.
Trump will not cut off financial aid to Israel, saying, “I can’t even believe that we are having this conversation.”
“Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they’re defending these two people over the state of Israel? And I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” Trump added.
In a press conference on Monday, Tlaib broke down crying while she talked about her previous trips to Israel while addressing the canceled trip.
“As a young girl visiting Palestine to visit my grandparents and extended family I watched as my mother had to go through dehumanizing check points, even though she was a United States citizen and proud American,” Tlaib said. “I was there when my sitty was in a terrible car accident and my cousins and I cried so she could have access to the best hospitals, which were in Jerusalem.”
