Alan Dershowitz Says He Has Warned Trump Jews Won't Vote For Him
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Prominent attorney and Donald Trump ally Alan Dershowitz said he has told the former president several times that most Jews won’t vote for him — or any Republicans — because of their stands on human rights.
Dershowitz, who is Jewish, talked about discussions he recalled having with Trump in interviews this week in the wake of the former president’s inflammatory post earlier this week on Truth Social, warning Jews to “appreciate him more” as the evangelicals do before “it’s too late.” The message by a man who has expressed support for white supremacists was lashed as virulently antisemitic and ominously threatening.
Trump's warning to the Jews. (Photo: Screen Shot/Truth Social/Donald Trump)
Dershowitz recalled that Trump over the years has asked him a number of times: “Why don’t more Jews vote for me? I’ve been so good for Israel. I’ve been so good to the Jewish people.”
Dershowitz said his answer has always essentially the same, “Jews like me admire what you did for Israel. We appreciate it. ... But we can’t vote Republican, because Israel is not the only issue that we deeply care about. We’re Americans.”
He pointed out to Trump that he supports same-sex marriage, a woman’s right to an abortion, work to combat climate change, gun control, and separation of church and state. These are the “issues that Republicans are not good on. They’re terrible,” Dershowitz said.
Dershowitz said Trump asked him at dinner why only 27% of Jews voted for him when he strongly supported Israel. Dersh said he told Trump Jews also care about gay rights, abortion, climate change, gun control and separation of church and state, and he was terrible on those. pic.twitter.com/xHzgZUHM0k
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 19, 2022
Dershowitz, once considered a staunch liberal, has drifted into Trump’s camp over the years. He served on Trump’s defense team during his first impeachment trial and blasted the FBI in editorials for agents’ confiscation of documents at Mar-a-Lago in August that Trump took from the White House.
Alan Dershowitz: "Virtually every time [Donald Trump] saw me, he would say to me, 'Alan, how come, you know, the Jews don't show their admiration for me by voting for me?'" pic.twitter.com/yz4tqpM9JL
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 17, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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