Says Jewish Americans who vote Democratic show "great disloyalty"

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on August 20, 2019, Trump said Jewish people who vote for Democrats show "a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," and doubled down the next day at the White House South Lawn, saying such voters are "being very disloyal to Israel" and "to Jewish people." The remarks came amid his feud with Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib over Israel. Numerous Jewish organizations and leaders condemned the statement as invoking the antisemitic "dual loyalty" trope, a centuries-old canard questioning Jewish citizens' allegiance to their own country; the Republican Jewish Coalition defended him. Trump denied the remarks were antisemitic.

"I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty." Quote verified against source