Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff warned that former President Trump would praise Nazis “behind closed doors” in what was billed as a “closing argument” against Trump on the topic of antisemitism in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday.
Emhoff chose Pittsburgh as the setting for the address, not only because Pennsylvania is a swing state, but because of the sixth anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, in which eleven Jews were killed in the largest murder against Jews in the history of the United States. (Emhoff also referred to the shooting of an Orthodox Jew in Chicago on Sunday, who was wounded by a man, apparently illegally in the country, who was shouting “Allahu Akbar.”)
Reading from a Teleprompter, Emhoff began by claiming that Trump “unhinged and just un-American view of our fellow Americans.”
He continued by condemning what he called the “antisemitic and racist speeches [sic] at Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden yesterday.” (He did not quote any; there were in fact no such speeches — only jokes told by a comedian at the start of the six-hour event, which was well-attended by Jews and Americans of all races.)
The Second Gentleman also warned that Trump would praise Nazis “behind closed doors.” He offered no evidence. […]
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