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(((ADL))) Accuses Trump of Antisemitism after Campaign Ad That Shows Pictures of Prominent Jews, Decries Secret ‘Global Special Interests’ That ‘Bled America Dry’

'Insinuations': The last TV ad of Trump's campaign has antisemitic insinuations, according to the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, which says it demonizes Jews such as George Soros. PHOTO: Daily Mail

By James Wilkinson | 6 November 2016

  • New ad shows three prominent Jewish people over a Trump speech
  • George Soros, Fed. Reserve chair Jane Yellen and Goldman-Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein were contrasted with clips of the speech
  • Those clips talks about ‘global special interests’ controlling the US  
  • Jewish Anti-Defamation league says it’s implying a Jewish conspiracy
  • The far right has a long-running antisemitic belief in such a plot
  • Trump’s campaign has roundly denounced the claim 

DAILY MAIL — Donald Trump’s campaign has come under fire again for antisemitism after a prominent Jewish group said it was demonizing Jews.

The ‘Argument for America’ ad features Trump’s West Palm beach speech from mid-October, with accompanying illustrative images and footage.

But at three points in the video, it accompanies Trump’s remarks about a wealthy cabal controlling the world with images of prominent Jewish people – something that smacks of antisemitic fear-mongering, the Anti-Defamation League says.

‘Whether intentional or not, the images and rhetoric in this ad touch on subjects that anti-Semites have used for ages,’ Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL, said in a tweeted statement Sunday. ‘This needs to stop.’ […]

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