Kamala Harris blasts Trump’s ‘crappy Jew’ interview as ex-president repeats antisemitic attacks

Kamala Harris’s campaign has ripped into Donald Trump’s latest antisemitic statements after he agreed with a right-wing radio host that the vice president’s Jewish husband Doug Emhoff is a “crappy” and “horrible Jew.”

Trump has tried to leverage division among Democrats over Israel’s war in Gaza by painting his political rivals as antisemitic, despite his own lengthy history of attacking Jewish Americans and conflating criticism of Israel’s attacks with anti-Jewish prejudice.

During an appearance on New York’s WABC radio on Tuesday, Trump said Jewish voters who support Democratic candidates are “fools” who “should have their head examined.”

“Today, it’s almost like— I mean, Schumer has become a Palestinian,” Trump said of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish.

“Chuck Schumer is officially now a Palestinian,” Trump said.

“It’s funny but it’s true. It’s sad. He is,” replied radio host Sid Rosenberg of WABC’s Sid & Friends.”

“He is, and they tell me that this Harris’s husband, Doug Embhoff, Mr President, is Jewish. He’s Jewish like Bernie Sanders is Jewish. Are you kidding me? He’s a crappy Jew. He’s a horrible Jew,” Rosenberg said.

Trump responded, “yeah” and didn’t push back against his remarks.

In a statement, Harris’s campaign called Trump “hateful, despicable, and should not be our president.”

“He roots against America. He insults America. Why would we want to put him in charge of America? Donald Trump thinks he can score points with Jewish voters by denigrating them. He is wrong,” the campaign added.

Harris spokesperson James Singer said that “America is better than the fear, hate, and despicable insults of Donald Trump.”

“Vice President Harris believes Americans want a president who unites