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Trump's anti-Muslim plans scramble Republican appeals to Jewish voters
Reuters ^ | December 10, 2015 | James Oliphant and Michelle Conlin

Posted on 12/09/2015 4:42:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - For the Republican Party, a tough job just got a little tougher thanks to Donald Trump.

For years, Republicans, backed by some influential donors, have carefully cultivated the vote of Jewish-Americans who regard the security of Israel their top concern. Less than a week ago, a bevy of presidential candidates stood before a group of Jewish conservatives in Washington, asking for their support and declaring their solidarity with the Jewish state.

But Trump's proposal to bar the entry of all foreign Muslims into the United States has upended some of those efforts, prominent Republicans said. His planned visit to Israel at the end of December is being viewed with increasing concern.

"It's unquestionably unhelpful. His comments are disgusting," Norm Coleman, a former senator from Minnesota and a board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told Reuters....

(Excerpt) Read more at trust.org ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: cruz; freedom; israel; jewishvoters; misstep; muslims; slipperyslope; tedcruz; trump; trumpisright; trumprepelsjews
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ah yes, pander to a overwhelmingly Democrat voting block, there is a “Winning” strategy GOPe.


21 posted on 12/09/2015 4:56:01 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Bon mots

Norm Coleman. SHAME ON YOU.


22 posted on 12/09/2015 4:56:45 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back - Donald Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

those ubiquitous “prominent Republicans” who can bring at least a couple hundred votes to the election.


23 posted on 12/09/2015 4:56:55 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Bon mots

It is my view that all Christians and our Jewish heritage must stop these moslems NOW!! Close the Borders. Send prayers for Russian victory in Syria and Iraq!!


24 posted on 12/09/2015 4:57:02 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: whinecountry

There is a reason they ended up in Nazi ovens—no sense of survival as a group.


25 posted on 12/09/2015 4:58:31 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I believe this article type is called a “concern troll”.


26 posted on 12/09/2015 4:58:42 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Any Jew who is upset about barring Muslims from immigrating to America is insane and would not be voting Republican anyway. Its not important.


27 posted on 12/09/2015 4:59:20 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In other news, Trump lost the three little pigs’ votes when he vowed to banish the big bad wolf.


28 posted on 12/09/2015 5:01:24 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey, Norm, what part of “those Mohammadans want all of you dead and Israel destroyed to ashes” do you fail to comprehend ? Maybe that’s why you’re a FORMER Senator, huh ?


29 posted on 12/09/2015 5:03:16 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a crock


30 posted on 12/09/2015 5:03:55 PM PST by wardaddy (Save western civilization and save the world....lose it & it's a dark ages unknown to human history)
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To: Bon mots; 2ndDivisionVet; FlingWingFlyer; Paladin2

I didn’t bother to read the rest of Norm Coleman’s utterance, because I’m certain it was PC rubbish.

MSM and the liberal, anti-American punditry, along with their cohorts in the GOPe are making a mountain out of a molehill because the issue is NOT Donald Trump’s calling for the temporary banning Muslims from entry into our country, the issue is trying to take-down Donald Trump!

GO TRUMP, GO!!!


31 posted on 12/09/2015 5:04:42 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE MAKE YOUR DONATION NOW - GO MONTHLY IF YOU POSSIBLY & RELIABLY CAN!)
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To: LS

We’ve gone from “Never again !” to “Hit me, baby, one more time !” in mere decades.


32 posted on 12/09/2015 5:05:13 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I predict that he will be welcomed in Israel as the second (or maybe first) coming.


33 posted on 12/09/2015 5:07:20 PM PST by Mercat (attempting to catch a Chewbacca fart and paint it green.)
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To: whinecountry

You should have punched him to see if he could “absorb” just one blow.


34 posted on 12/09/2015 5:07:59 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If God himself said every 50 years debt should be erased, and land returned, who am I to disagree?)
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To: LS

This is a world-think problem, and it is not unlike those attitude problems that got them into serious trouble in the bible, over and over and over.

God is not going to let the Jewish line of people go away. He promised that, ironclad. The Jewish people as a whole is “going nowhere.”

However they can be in for lots and lots of chastisement as they keep bumping against the walls of the hallway to destiny. Some day they are going to find out they were being saved (in some sense, I am not getting into eternal issues here) whether they liked it or not.


35 posted on 12/09/2015 5:08:28 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Pitiful remarks by Coleman.


36 posted on 12/09/2015 5:08:43 PM PST by make no mistake
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To: Williams

Only with ones like Norm Coleman who are on board The Cheap Labor Express. I’m sure my former Congressman is part of this group as well.
We booted the weasel Eric Cantor because he was about to betray us and the country and pass Rubio’s gang’s bill in the House.

If you are represented by a multi-national weasel, Cantorize him/her(Renee Elmers).


37 posted on 12/09/2015 5:08:53 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Islamophobia? It is not irrational to fear evil)
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To: LS

They think they’re smarter than God.


38 posted on 12/09/2015 5:11:08 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jews in America would vote for Hitler if he had a D next to his name.

Merry Christmas


39 posted on 12/09/2015 5:15:31 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
POLITICALLY...the difference between a US jew and an Isrealiy jew is striking ...we should do an exchange program..

Just my 2 cents...

40 posted on 12/09/2015 5:19:19 PM PST by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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