President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to mourn a synagogue massacre that left 11 people dead.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that Trump will go “to express the support of the American people and to grieve with the Pittsburgh community.”
There have been mixed responses to Trump’s plan to visit.
Leaders of a liberal Jewish group in Pittsburgh penned an open letter to the president, saying he was not welcome until he denounced white nationalism.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers with the Tree of Life synagogue made clear he would be welcome, telling CNN that “it would be my honor to always meet a president of the United States.”
JUST IN: President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump To Visit Pittsburgh Tuesday – White House
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 29, 2018
Tree of Life synagogue rabbi: Trump is “certainly welcome” to visit
“The President of the United States is always welcome. I am a citizen, he is my president. He is certainly welcome.”pic.twitter.com/btxQ5hugVx
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 29, 2018
“The blood of these victims is on President Trump’s hands,” says Tammy Hepps who wrote an open letter to the President pic.twitter.com/BN6f4Ck7WN
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I wonder if his daughter and son-in-law taught him Jewish mourning etiquette.
The so-called “Liberal Jewish organization” that had the audacity to state that the President is not welcome, represents less than 1/10 of 1% of those who identify themselves as Jewish. That organization, Bend the Arc, literally represents no one. Yet the fake media (and unfortunately here at YWN) continues to quote them, thereby giving them a false sense of credibility.
@laughing
To answer your question… I doubt it very much. Despite numerous and multiple alternative opportunities to pay their respects, Jared and Ivanka chose to attend Senator John McCain’s Baptist funeral rather than maintain the sacred sanctity of Shabbat. I lost a great deal of respect for the pair of them that day.