Trump claims Harris is abandoning Israel in speech denigrating Jewish Americans who vote Democrat
In a speech to Jewish donors on Thursday, Trump repeatedly denigrated Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats. According to the Washington Post, he once said, “I don’t understand how anyone can support them – and I say this all the time – if you supported them and you were Jewish, you would have to have your head examined.”
Trump told the Republican Jewish Coalition: “They have been very bad to you.”
According to Reuters, he also said that a possible Harris presidency would have devastating consequences for Israel.
“You will be abandoned if she becomes president. And I think you have to explain that to your people… You will not have Israel if she becomes president,” Trump said, without providing evidence for the claim.
The Harris team did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump’s speech.
Harris closely aligned himself with Joe Biden’s strong support for Israel and rejected calls by some in the Democratic Party that Washington should reconsider its arms sales to Israel in light of the high Palestinian death toll in Gaza.
However, she called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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Important events
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Summary
Here is a summary of today’s key developments:
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Politico reported that Judge Juan M. Merchan will rule tomorrow, Friday, September 6, on Trump’s request for a stay of sentencing in his criminal trial. until after the election.
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Colin Gray, 54, the father of suspected school shooter Colt Gray, 14, was arrested in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School. in which four people were killed.
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Colin Gray was charged with four counts of manslaughter. two counts of first-degree murder and eight counts of child abuse. The charges stem from knowingly allowing his son to possess a gun. The nine people injured in the shooting are expected to make a full recovery.
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Authorities are unaware of any precedent in which a parent has been arrested for their child’s involvement in a school shooting in Georgia.
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JD Vance called the Georgia shooter an “absolute barbarian,” but denied that “strict gun laws” were the solution. JD Vance called the suspected shooter “an absolute barbarian” and said “no parent should have to deal with this, no child should have to deal with this.” He said Harris’ answer to the question of how to make mass shootings less common is to “take away guns from law-abiding Americans.” “Clearly, strict gun laws are not the way to solve this problem,” he said.
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In In a speech to Jewish donors on Thursday, Trump repeatedly denigrated Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats, At one point he said, “I don’t understand how anyone can support her – and I say this all the time – if you supported her and you were Jewish, you would have to have a brain scan,” according to the Washington Post.
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Hunter Biden has pleaded guilty to federal tax violations. He faces up to 17 years in prison and a $450,000 fine. His decision to plead guilty in this high-profile case will spare Joe Biden a potentially embarrassing trial before a crucial US election.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday that President Joe Biden will not pardon Hunter Biden or commute his sentence.
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A new national poll conducted this week by Emerson College Polling and released Thursday showed that Kamala Harris has 49% support among likely US voters – two percentage points ahead Donald Trumpwhich, according to the survey, received 47% approval.
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The US government filed charges against Dimitri Simes on Thursdaya Russian-born US citizen who previously advised Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and his wife, on charges that they participated in a conspiracy to violate US sanctions.
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A US judge has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing its latest plan to forgive student debt.
The town hall meeting is now over. Hannity opened it by saying that Trump had answered questions for over an hour. What they aired lasted 20 minutes.
Trump questions whether ABC, which is hosting the debate, will be fair. He says he will act differently depending on whether they are fair or not.
He falsely claims, without evidence, that the network is “known for its extreme hostility toward the people in this space.”
He says it will be an interesting evening. “You never know how someone will react,” he says.
He says: “ABC will try to annoy me.”
Hannity now asks if Trump is prepared for his debate with Kamala Harris next week.
He says he will “let them talk” just like he “let Biden talk.” He says: “There are people who say Biden is smarter than them, if that’s the case, we have a problem, OK,” he says.
A question that Hannity announces as “probably the last”—an indication of how edited this town hall meeting is, considering we’re only 15 minutes in—is asked by a voter about wokeness.
He says the military is incredible and there is “no wokeness” there.
Trump continues and finally comes to the “greatest enemy of this country,” namely the “fake news media.”
Trump speaks about his allegedly controversial visit on August 26 to Arlington National Cemetery, the resting place of more than 400,000 war veterans and their eligible dependents.
He says that “every single one” of the people there appreciated his presence.
The US Army publicly rebuked Trump campaign officials, accusing members of the Trump campaign of pushing aside an official who had told them that it was illegal to take photos at the graves of recently deceased military personnel.
Trump is asked if he believes it will be possible to undo the damage done by the Biden-Harris administration. The voter asking the question says he fears for his three growing sons.
Trump says the first thing he should do is pray. He calls the Democrats “stupid” and then quickly pivots to the immigration issue.
The Trump town hall meeting is airing now. It was recorded last night and is therefore not live. Unusually, Hannity did not take questions from the audience during last night’s live show, but promised to air it the next day. We’ll keep you updated on any major developments as they happen.
Fox News is scheduled to air the second half of Trump’s town hall with Sean Hannity in ten minutes. Unusually for a town hall whose purpose is for voters to ask a candidate questions, yesterday’s town hall ended before that could happen – instead it was just Hannity asking Trump questions.
The Trump campaign team has since said that Trump will hold a press conference tomorrow at noon in New York, where he was convicted.
The statement does not say what the press conference was referring to. It says:
“President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a press conference in New York, New York on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. EDT.”
Politico reports that Judge Juan M. Merchan will rule tomorrow, Friday, September 6, on Trump’s request to delay sentencing in his criminal trial until after the election.
In May, a jury in Manhattan convicted Trump on 34 counts of forgery to cover up a sex scandal.
Here is our story about this news:
The father of the teenager suspected of involvement in the Georgia school massacre has been arrested, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
Colin Gray, 54, was arrested by the FBI in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School. Colin is the father of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspected of shooting two students and two teachers with an assault rifle at the high school on Wednesday.
The teenager was charged as an adult in the deaths of two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, said Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia State Bureau of Investigation.
At least nine other people – eight students and a teacher at the school – were taken to the hospital with injuries and all are expected to survive, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.
According to the FBI, Colin Gray is charged with four counts of manslaughter, two counts of premeditated murder and eight counts of child abuse.
Summary of the press conference on the Georgia school shooting
Let us summarize the key points from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation press conference:
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Colin Gray54, the father of the suspected school shooter Colt Grey14, was arrested in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School in which four people were killed.
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Colin Gray was charged with four counts of manslaughter, two counts of premeditated murder and eight counts of child abuse.
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The charge is based on the fact that he knowingly allowed his son to possess a weapon.
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The nine people injured in the shooting are expected to make a full recovery.
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Authorities are unaware of any precedent in which a parent has been arrested for their child’s involvement in a school shooting in Georgia.
The press conference has now ended and no further updates are expected shortly, a spokesman says.
