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| Pence makes surprise visit to vandalized Jewish cemetery | |
| 2017-02-23 | |
Vice President Pence on Wednesday made a surprise visit to a historic Jewish cemetery near St. Louis to condemn the recent vandalism that took place there.
Pence called Missouri’s response to the incident “inspiring" while standing next to Eric Greitens (R), the state’s first Jewish governor. Pence decried the vandalism as “a sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil” during a speech earlier Wednesday in St. Louis. After his remarks at the cemetery, the vice president and the governor listened to a prayer from a rabbi and then cleared brush with volunteers taking part in a beautification project. Vandals toppled more than 100 headstones on Monday at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. The incident added to questions about a rise in acts of anti-Semitism around the country. The vandalism occurred on the same day that 11 Jewish community centers across the country received phoned-in bomb threats. The calls, which have all turned out to be hoaxes, have targeted 54 community centers in 27 states so far this year. Federal investigators are looking into the threats. President Trump on Tuesday condemned the anti-Semitic acts after coming under pressure from Jewish groups, who criticized his previous response to the incidents as lackluster. “Anti-Semitism is horrible and it’s going to stop and it has to stop,” Trump told MSNBC during a tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 New paradigm under President Trump. Yesterday I added an update to the story about JK Rowling tweeting about Muslims raising funds for repairing the gravestones. What my update failed to mention is that the Muslims raising funds are not just moderate Muslims, but genuine Jew-hating, Hamas-supporting BDS activists. See here. Even CAIR (!!!) is getting in on the act, offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the idiot calling in bomb hoaxes to Jewish community centers. They really, really don't want to be listed as terror-supporting organizations. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-23 14:21 |
| #2 Give Gov Greitens credit for inviting Pence and give Pence credit for accepting it. The right thing to do. What the Admin really needs to next is to name and shame the anti semitic industry in academia. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-02-23 09:15 |
| #1 President Trump on Tuesday condemned the anti-Semitic acts after coming under pressure from Jewish groups, who criticized his previous response to the incidents as lackluster. Trump knows who his audience is for these comments. And it isn't who what I would refer to as Missourians. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-02-23 08:32 |