Lavine Blasts Trump’s Jew Hatred

GLEN COVE, NEW YORK – Assemblymember Charles Lavine (D-North Shore) has issued the following statement in response to former President Donald Trump’s comments on Tuesday during an interview on WABC-AM’s “Sid & Friends in the Morning” radio show:

Jew hatred is a form of racism, which is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Our former president falsely claimed Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people.” He then agreed that Doug Emhoff, America’s Second Gentleman married to Harris, is “a crappy Jew.”

The “good Jews” versus “bad Jews” trope is part and parcel of the old dual loyalty slander. Trump knows this and so does his Jew-hating base.

I demand that Republicans in office and running for office join me in repudiating, condemning and denouncing Trump’s anti-Jew statement.

To be clear, I do not make this demand in my capacity as President of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators nor as a Member of NAJL’s National Board of Directors.

To be even more precise, I make this demand as an American citizen.

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Assemblymember Charles Lavine represents New York’s 13th Assembly District in Nassau County. He presently serves as Chair of the Judiciary Committee and is a member of the Committees on Codes, Ethics and Guidance, Insurance and Rules. Lavine previously served as Chair of the Election Law Committee, Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Guidance, co-Chair of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission, and as Chair of the bipartisan Taskforce that produced the Assembly Speaker’s Policy on Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Discrimination. Lavine is also President of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Jewish Legislators and a member of its National Board of Directors.