Trump rails against Jewish Americans who don't vote for him

Washington, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump criticized Jewish Americans who don't ballot for him successful speeches aimed astatine addressing antisemitism Thursday nighttime successful Washington D.C., portion claiming that if helium is not elected successful November, Israel would beryllium "eradicated."

"If I don't triumph this election, and the Jewish radical would truly person a batch to bash with that if that happens, due to the fact that astatine 40%, that means 60% of the radical are voting for the enemy," Trump said.

Trump made the comments during a tiny lawsuit focused connected addressing antisemitism with Dr. Miriam Adelson, a salient Republican Party donor and the widow of precocious casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.

"With each I've done for Israel, I received lone 24% of the Jewish vote," Trump said. 

Trump aboriginal repeated the remark regarding the polls during remarks astatine the Israeli-American Council National Summit, which was gathering to commemorate the nearing one-year people of the October 7 attack. 

"You should person your caput examined, due to the fact that it volition look an unceasing, bloody warfare to obliterate the Jewish authorities and thrust Jews retired of the Holy Land," Trump said astir Jewish Americans who ballot for Democrats. He claimed astatine his archetypal halt that Democrats person a "hold" oregon "curse" connected Jewish voters. 

"It's lone due to the fact that of the Democrat clasp oregon curse connected you. You can't fto this happen. 40% is not acceptable, due to the fact that we person an predetermination to win," Trump said. 

Trump told the ballroom afloat of Israeli-Americans contiguous that Israel volition look "total annihilation" if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected.

"Rockets volition rainfall down from supra until the Iron Dome has been exhausted," Trump said.

CBS News has reached retired to the Harris run for comment. 

The erstwhile president besides recognized the Israelis inactive held hostage by Hamas, vowing to "get them out" if helium wins the presidency successful November. Family members of victims of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas were among the crowd. 

"Somehow it's going to enactment out. We're going to get it to enactment out," Trump said. 

The duplicate speeches travel arsenic Trump tries to tribunal Jewish American voters who whitethorn person go disaffected with factions of the Democratic Party implicit the Biden administration's handling of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. 

An April 2024 Pew Research survey recovered that 69% of registered Jewish voters defined themselves arsenic Democrats, portion 29% said that they see themselves Republicans, but Trump grew his enactment among Jewish voters successful the archetypal 2 statesmanlike elections helium ran in, an Associated Press survey found. 

"Honestly, I went from 25 to 29 [percent support], and based connected what I did, and based connected my emotion of- the aforesaid emotion that you have, I should beryllium astatine 100. I should beryllium astatine 100," Trump said Thursday.