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Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:30 AM Feb 2017

Jared & Ivanka are Jewish. Do they not care that T's rhetoric is promoting anti-semitism?

Or does he not care if they care? One would think that they would be concerned about rising anti-Semitism, such as the incident on the NY subway, even if they don't care about anti-Muslim and anti- everyone else not white and Christian. I wonder what kind of conversations they are or are not having with T and staff, and how much influence they have.

I realize that being on the outside this is all conjecture, but there seems to be no sense to be made of it. But then I don't know why this should be any different than anything else in this White House as far as making sense.

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Jared & Ivanka are Jewish. Do they not care that T's rhetoric is promoting anti-semitism? (Original Post) Amaryllis Feb 2017 OP
daddy's big ugly power trumps their faith? Cha Feb 2017 #1
They are privileged and safe. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #2
I don't think they really mrs_p Feb 2017 #3
Steve Bannon* is about an anti-Semitic as they come... Raster Feb 2017 #4
I've been wondering how manicraven Feb 2017 #21
I believe "odd" is putting it mildly. Raster Feb 2017 #23
Does Ivanka have a problem with his sexism ? or Ben Carson and Omorosa with his anti black comments JI7 Feb 2017 #5
THANK YOU!! Behind the Aegis Feb 2017 #20
I'm half Native American and know some (not many) natives who voted for Trump Lanius Feb 2017 #6
not many jews voted for trump either. but all the minorities who voted for him are usually selfish JI7 Feb 2017 #11
I doubt it Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #7
One would certainly think they'd object most strongly to Bannon, at the very least Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #8
Robert Mercer is calling the shots. Jared is just so much window dressing now. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #12
But his daughter certainly isn't Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #13
Speaking as a Jew and this is only MY opinion Jake Stern Feb 2017 #9
They've been insulated their entire lives, haven't they? Hekate Feb 2017 #17
Yep Jake Stern Feb 2017 #19
Their first god is Mammon. Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #10
Jared and Ivanka do not care. Holocaust statement not mentioning Jews, Judaism, nothing. NotThisTime Feb 2017 #14
No & no. I think Jared & Ivanka are the smooth, polished, presentable offspring of 2 crime families Hekate Feb 2017 #15
Useful idiots.... czarjak Feb 2017 #16
Jared's grandmother escaped Holocaust: great video interview with her from... IcyPeas Feb 2017 #18
How ironic that Kushner's father-in-law is extremely anti-immigrant with no compassion, yet manicraven Feb 2017 #22

Raster

(20,998 posts)
4. Steve Bannon* is about an anti-Semitic as they come...
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:35 AM
Feb 2017

...no matter how much he slaps Jared on the back and smiles.

If there were an American Auschwitz, and Jared wasn't the boss' son-in-law, he'd be on the next railcar to oblivion.

manicraven

(901 posts)
21. I've been wondering how
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:24 AM
Feb 2017

Kushner, an Orthodox Jew, and Bannon, an anti-semitic and white nationalist, manage to work together. Seems really odd.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
5. Does Ivanka have a problem with his sexism ? or Ben Carson and Omorosa with his anti black comments
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:37 AM
Feb 2017

?

why do you think it should be different where jewihs people are concerned.

there will always be assholes in every group.

but over 70 percent of jewish people voted for Clinton.

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
20. THANK YOU!!
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:14 AM
Feb 2017

FFS, I get so goddamned tired of this "why isn't this "Jew" saying something?!" like we are all the same or supposed to act on command.

Lanius

(599 posts)
6. I'm half Native American and know some (not many) natives who voted for Trump
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:38 AM
Feb 2017

They don't care about anyone but themselves and their families and friends. They might not have voted for him if he had talked about Native Americans the way he did about Arab Muslims and Mexican immigrants, but I'm not sure about that.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
11. not many jews voted for trump either. but all the minorities who voted for him are usually selfish
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:49 AM
Feb 2017

types who don't care about anyone outside of their own personal lives.

and he did say he was going to force the pipleline that native americans don't want in some parts.

Rhiannon12866

(205,508 posts)
8. One would certainly think they'd object most strongly to Bannon, at the very least
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:43 AM
Feb 2017

And if they have the most influence on Trump as we keep hearing, why is he still there and calling the shots?

Rhiannon12866

(205,508 posts)
13. But his daughter certainly isn't
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:52 AM
Feb 2017

He claims that she tells him "the best" things to do, heard him say just that when I got home tonight and turned on the TV...

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
15. No & no. I think Jared & Ivanka are the smooth, polished, presentable offspring of 2 crime families
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:00 AM
Feb 2017

Wedded bliss unburdened by ethics -- as Trump Senior has demonstrated, to him everything in life is transactional, everything is all about making a deal to your personal advantage.

I find it very hard to look at life thru this prism -- in fact, I find it impossible because it appalls me so. But I observe.

manicraven

(901 posts)
22. How ironic that Kushner's father-in-law is extremely anti-immigrant with no compassion, yet
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 01:32 AM
Feb 2017

Kushner's own family went through a crisis. He must not have much influence on Trump?

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