US president said of Senate minority leader: ‘He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian’Donald Trump has been condemned by a leading US Muslim civil rights group for seeking to use the word “Palestinian” as an insult when he attacked the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, as “not Jewish any more”.“President Trump’s use of the term ‘Palestinian’ as a racial slur is offensive and beneath the dignity of his office,” said Nihad Awad, the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or Cair. Continue reading...
Donald Trump was condemned for using "Palestinian" as a slur against Senator Chuck Schumer, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations calling it offensive and demanding an apology. Trump's remarks occurred during a discussion about Democrats, Ukraine, Israel-Hamas, and a potential government shutdown. The Jewish Democratic Council of America also criticized Trump's comments, accusing him of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and bigotry.
