'He is not welcome here': Thousands support Pittsburgh Jewish leaders

[Dulcinea]

More than 16,000 people have signed an open letter to President Trump from the leaders of a Pittsburgh-based Jewish group who say the president will not be welcome in the city unless he denounces white nationalism and stops “targeting” minorities after a mass shooting Saturday at a local synagogue left 11 dead.

The letter, which was published and shared on Sunday, was written by 11 members of the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc, a national organization for progressive Jews focused on social justice, following what is being called the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. The shooting at Tree of Life synagogue also left several people injured, including law enforcement. As of early Monday morning, the letter had 16,533 signatures.

“For the past three years your words and your policies have emboldened a growing white nationalist movement,” the Jewish leaders wrote. “You yourself called the murderer evil, but yesterday’s violence is the direct culmination of your influence."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/29/he-is-not-welcome-here-thousands-support-pittsburgh-jewish-leaders-calling-trump-denounce-white-nationalism/?utm_term=.65bce8705ea4

[Doodley]

1. Now Trump knows what a travel ban feels like.

[Achilleaze]

2. Unwelcome

Americans reject the hate, cowardice, greed and lies embodied in the republican party and the five-time draft-dodging casino hustler who misleads them deeper and deeper into perfidy & violence under the shadow of his massive, shameful debts to the darkside russian mob.

[Scarsdale]

3. Maybe he will send

his daughter/wife in his place. SHE is supposed to be Jewish, yet keeps quiet while daddy spews his hatred. After all, didn't someone say "Everyone loves Ivanka"?? Count me out of that group. More to the point would be "Ivanka and her daddy love Ivanka"

[Dulcinea]

4. Where's Jarvanka in all this?

Aren't they Orthodox Jewish? Do they really have nothing to say about their fellow Jews being brutally murdered in their house of worship?

[watoos]

7. I think Jared is Bibi Jewish

whatever right wing sect that is? Does it really matter what religion a crime family is? Isn't that an oxymoron?

[SallyHemmings]

5. Good for them

Tiny wasn’t exactly welcome in polite company before he became a national plague.

Hopefully, they all vote.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. The letter, from Bend The Arc. . .

https://www.bendthearc.us/open_letter_to_president_trump

The following sentences in the letter were boldfaced:

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism.

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities.

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you cease your assault on immigrants and refugees.

President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you commit yourself to compassionate, democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us.

[watoos]

8. This is the meaning of the statement

that we Democrats need to stop being civil. It doesn't mean we should be like Trump and his evil cult but it means we should "do" things not just say things that call out the evil Trump and his ilk is spreading.

Make America America Again.

[Guilded Lilly]

9. I agree with my beloved hometown. n/t

[Dulcinea]

11. Same here.

I grew up about 10 miles from that synagogue. My parents still live there.

[Cha]

10. KR!!