Second gentleman Doug Emhoff sharply criticized former President Donald Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden Sunday, during which speakers spewed racist and vulgar attacks.
“We heard the antisemitic and racist speeches at Trump’s Madison Square rally yesterday. It’s appalling to hear these slurs, especially in the closing days of a presidential campaign, and even more painful to hear them on the anniversary of the massacre at Tree of Life,” Emhoff said while speaking at the University Pittsburgh one day after the anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre.
Emhoff also delivered a detailed rebuke of the former president, attacking his alleged comments about Hitler and arguing that Trump would turn against Jewish Americans “on a dime.”
“He demeans immigrants with the same hateful slurs hurled at our ancestors: ‘vermin, animals who poison the blood of our country.’ He scapegoats Jewish voters right to our faces, saying that if he loses, it will be the fault of Jews. He looks at Adolf Hitler’s generals and sees something to admire. Just let that sink in. You do not reward someone like that with a platform, or with power,” Emhoff said.
He added: “Donald Trump demands loyalty, but he is loyal to nothing or no one but himself. If it suited his selfish interests, Trump would turn his back on Israel and the Jewish people on a dime, he would do it.”
During the majority of his speech, Emhoff reflected on the dangers of antisemitism, the importance of tackling it head on, and how Harris has encouraged him to take up the cause of fighting against it.
