CNN reports: “Local, national officials decline to appear with Trump in Pittsburgh.”

RU EMMONS, R.emmonsapt@gmail.com, @IfNotNowOrg

Ru Emmons is a member of If Not Now, an organization of young Jews. They are participating in numerous events today in Pittsburgh. The group released a statement: “Eleven American Jews were killed because their synagogue embodied the Jewish values of supporting refugees and immigrants. Eleven American Jews were killed after a week of conservative leaders pushing the antisemitic lie that paints Jews like [George] Soros as responsible for the Honduran migrant caravan  —  and paints immigrants and asylum seekers as a danger to the country. This is just one example how antisemitism sits at the root of white nationalism.”

See from Eric K. Ward at Political Research Associates: “Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism.”