Trump says there isn't any room for antisemitism in Republican Get together or MAGA

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President Donald Trump stated there isn't a room for antisemitism within the Republican Get together throughout an interview with The New York Instances printed Monday, including that the GOP and the MAGA motion don’t want individuals with antisemitic views.

Trump was asked by the Times' Tyler Pager about individuals within the motion who haven't condemned antisemitic views from some on the proper and whether or not there was room for antisemitism within the occasion.

"No, I don’t. I feel we don’t want them. I feel we don’t like them," Trump stated.

Requested whether or not he would condemn those views , Trump stated sure.

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"Actually. Look, in the event you speak concerning the antisemitic views, there’s been no person higher for us. For instance, I simply obtained the Israel award, which is the largest award they offer. It was simply given to me — first time it was ever given to anyone outdoors of Israel," he stated.

When requested about particular figures reminiscent of Nick Fuentes, a White nationalist, Trump stated he didn’t know him, regardless of having had dinner with him at Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

"I had dinner with him, one time, the place he got here as a visitor of Kanye West. I didn’t know who he was bringing. He stated, 'Do you thoughts if I convey a good friend?' I stated, 'I don’t care.' And it was Nick Fuentes? I don’t know Nick Fuentes," Trump stated.

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Fuentes has praised Hitler as "cool" and has attacked Vice President JD Vance’s wife , in addition to Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, using slurs .

Fuentes' remarks got here after Ramaswamy criticism of the Holocaust denier at a Turning Level USA occasion in December.

"In the event you consider, and you'll forgive me for providing you with an actual quote from our on-line commentator, Nick Fuentes. In the event you consider that Hitler was fairly f------ cool, you don't have any place in the way forward for the conservative motion. You may debate international help, Israel all you need. That is high-quality. That is honest. However you don't have any place with that stage of hatred," Ramaswamy stated.

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Trump later stated he believes Republicans ought to condemn figures who promote antisemitism.

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"Properly, I’ll inform you what. From my very own private standpoint, completely, as a result of I condemn. I've a daughter who’s married to a Jewish particular person. My daughter occurs to be Jewish, lovely, three grandchildren are Jewish. I’m very happy with them. I’m very happy with the entire, that complete household. I'm the least antisemitic particular person in all probability there's anyplace on this planet," he stated.