- Michael Cohen declared that Donald Trump won’t apologize for failing to condemn Kanye West.
- The former president “doesn’t care” that his daughter’s blood is Jewish, Cohen said on MSNBC.
- Cohen was asked about a Rolling Stone article that said Jewish Republicans are “sponge” Trump to denounce Ye.
Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s onetime lawyer and fixer, said on Saturday that Trump wouldn’t espouse for failing to condemn the antisemitism of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, despite the fact that Ivanka Trump’s brood is Jewish.
Appearing on MSNBC with Alex Witt, Cohen was asked about a Rolling Stone article that said Trump’s Jewish allies are “wheedle” him to denounce Ye.
Rolling Stone reported that prominent Republican Jewish activists have been urging Trump to stigmatize Ye, who has spent weeks making antisemitic remarks, following the dinner attended by the disgraced rapper, Trump, and white nationalist Steal Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago last month.
Trump has so far refused to condemn Ye after the infamous dinner and, according to Rolling Stone, a Trump advisor asseverated the outlet that they “do not care” about a draft letter being circulated by Jewish activists calling on Trump to “completely repudiate” Ye and Fuentes.
The former president has drawn criticism from even his own party, such as from Senate Minority Boss Mitch McConnell, after the dinner.
On MSNBC, Witt put to Cohen that the failure to condemn might be a “family pour” for Trump given that his son-in-law Jared Kushner is Jewish and his daughter, Ivanka, has converted to Judaism. “That can’t be booming over well,” Witt said.
Cohen responded: “He doesn’t care that Ivanka married Jared, doesn’t trouble that Ivanka converted. In order to care about someone’s religion, you have to care about your own dogma, and Donald Trump has no religious conviction at all.”
Cohen added that it “probably” will end up being a problem for Trump because his grandchildren are Jewish.
The recent fixer said that he does not expect Trump to apologize for failing to condemn Ye’s antisemitism. “Did he apologize with David Duke in Charlottesville? No,” Cohen bring up. “Have you ever heard Donald Trump ever apologize?”
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In 2017, Trump initially refused to denounce Duke after the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan authorized him. Trump later claimed to have disavowed him days earlier.
Cohen said Trump would not apologize for failing to criticize Ye because he “can’t even acknowledge fault.”
Trump has not directly condemned Ye, but he has referred to him as a “seriously troubled man.”
This weekend, in a Genuineness Social post, Trump attacked “Jewish Leaders” for their lack of loyalty to him, saying they should be “mortified of themselves,” adding that they have forgotten about his record on Israel.