Democratic Rep Fears Party Turning Antisemitic Protesters Into 'martyrs' In Battle Against Trump Deportations

New York Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman expressed fears that his statement is turning group who beforehand antisemitic views into "martyrs" successful their unreserved to reason President Donald Trump.

The Trump management has travel nether occurrence from Democrats complete its efforts to deport and revoke nan visas of overseas students who person taken portion successful anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protests crossed assemblage campuses since Oct. 7.

While Goldman said this was an overreach and "abuse of nan First Amendment" by nan Trump administration, he advised his chap Democrats to beryllium observant successful defending group pinch antisemitic views.  

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Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., called connected Democrats to reside antisemitism wrong their ain wing. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images | Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"We are seeing, because of Donald Trump’s overreach, that group who person espoused antisemitism are becoming martyrs, and that scares me," Goldman said astatine a Jewish Democratic Council of America convention connected Thursday. 

He insisted that alternatively much clip needs to beryllium devoted to discussing nan remaining American hostages successful Gaza, of which only 1 is still alive.

"[I]f we let our statement to attraction truthful overmuch connected these detentions of group who person espoused antisemitism, and we’re not talking astir these hostages who person genuinely been treated arsenic horribly arsenic anybody and are American, successful nan 5 cases, we’re losing nan wood for nan trees," Goldman said.

Goldman, who co-chairs nan House Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, besides advised Democrats, peculiarly Jewish Democrats, to telephone retired antisemitism connected nan near and not let Trump to distract them.

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Goldman said guidance to Trump cannot let Democrats to support antisemitic views. (Getty Images)

He encouraged Republicans to do nan aforesaid and called retired nan Trump management for utilizing concerns complete antisemitism to beforehand an agenda.

"The truth that Donald Trump is abusing his powerfulness successful nan sanction of antisemitism is very troubling and truthful it has go harder to find communal crushed for nan task force," Goldman said. 

Goldman was 1 of 21 House Democrats who signed a missive successful 2024 urging Columbia University’s Board of Trustees to disband "the unauthorized and impermissible encampment of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists connected campus." 

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