President-elect Donald Trump’s victory within the 2024 presidential election was a “life-saving” victory for Jews who care about Israel, based on former White Home press secretary Ari Fleischer.
Fleischer participated in a press briefing on Wednesday with the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), a bunch that has been pivotal in elevating funds for Trump and different Republican candidates, in backing pro-Israel insurance policies throughout the GOP, and in turning out the Jewish vote.
The RJC mentioned, citing Fox Information exit polls, that Trump had gained 32% of the Jewish vote, an traditionally excessive proportion, better than any Republican since Ronald Reagan in 1980. (The RJC mentioned that one exit ballot carried out by different networks, which confirmed Trump’s Jewish assist at simply 21%, had skipped a number of states with excessive Jewish populations and due to this fact had a small pattern measurement.)
Whereas Jewish voters have been pushed by many issues, those that cared deeply about Israel and fearful most about antisemitism tended to vote Republican.
(Israelis, too, favored Trump by massive margins in public polls launched within the days main as much as the election.)
RJC CEO Matt Brooks instructed reporters that the group had focused adverts particularly at Jewish voters, driving the constant message that it was all proper to vote for Trump, even in case you had historically voted for Democrats.
One advert featured a bunch of middle-aged Jewish girls speaking in a sales space at a diner and expressing their issues about terror in Israel and antisemitic violence on school campuses.
The RJC had additionally knocked on doorways in swing states, notably Nevada, which flipped Republican for the GOP for the primary time since George W. Bush’s reelection in 2004, which passed off within the wake of the 9/11 terror assaults.
Brooks additionally famous that Trump had succeeded in attracting Arabs and Muslims, in addition to Jewish voters, due to his document of advancing the reason for peace within the Center East — not by pressuring Israel, however by supporting its safety.
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