In defending Donald Trump, Breitbart deems Bill Kristol a 'renegade Jew'

Breitbart deems William Kristol a &quot;renegade Jew&quot;.

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published 16 May 2016

The conservative Trump-supporting website Breitbart took the "if you're not with us, you're against us" motto a little too far Sunday when it labeled commentator and Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol a "renegade Jew" for attempting to block Trump's White House bid.

In an earlier op-ed, Kristol had advocated for supporting a third-party candidate rather than vote for Trump. "I think, all in all, the Republican Party has served the country well…But it was wrong to nominate Donald Trump," Kristol wrote.

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I am a Jew who has never been to Israel and has never been a Zionist in the sense of believing that Jews can rid themselves of Jew hatred by having their own nation state. But half of world Jewry now lives in Israel, and the enemies whom Obama and Hillary have empowered — Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, ISIS, and Hamas — have openly sworn to exterminate the Jews. I am also an American (and an American first), whose country is threatened with destruction by the same enemies. To weaken the only party that stands between the Jews and their annihilation, and between America and the forces intent on destroying her, is a political miscalculation so great and a betrayal so profound as to not be easily forgiven. [Breitbart]

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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