CHICAGO — A counterprotester outside the anti-Israel march on the Democratic National Convention told Fox News Digital the event represented “Jew hatred” and that the message will push Jewish voters to support former President Trump in November.
“It is putrid Jew hatred under the guise of a political movement,” Anna Steinberg, director of Israel365, told Fox News Digital on the perimeter of the city’s Union Park as anti-Israel protesters were gathering before their march on the DNC on Monday.
Steinberg, a Ukrainian Jewish refugee, told Fox News Digital that she believes the Democratic Party’s position on the war in Gaza will lead to a massive shift in Jewish voters backing Trump.
“I think the Democratic Party has lost the Jews,” Steinberg said. “I think we’re gone. I think we’re gone. Eighty percent of Jews stayed in Egypt. 80% of Jews supported Obama. We are not voting for the Democrats anymore. We are not. We are done. We are not that stupid. We have broken that trauma cycle. We are done.”
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Pro-Israel activist Anna Steinberg told Fox News Digital that Democrats have “lost” the Jewish vote. (Fox News Digital)
Recent polling in deep-blue New York state suggests that Trump has taken the lead against Democrat presidential candidate Vice President Harris when it comes to Jewish voters, which Steinberg told Fox News Digital is a sentiment she has seen firsthand.
“More people than I ever thought in my life, Jews have historically voted Democrat … all voted Democrat, they were part of the Democratic Party, they are now voting for Trump, vocally voting for Trump.” Steinberg said. “Thank God, we’ve woken them up.”
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Riot police officers scuffle with demonstrators during the rally called March on the DNC on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
Steinberg continued,” It only took Oct. 7, 12,000 innocent babies, men and women for us to realize the predicament we are in, and we are finally voting for the party that has our back: the Republican Party and President Donald J. Trump.”
Jewish voters have traditionally supported Democrat candidates for decades. According to an analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, Jewish voters have on average supported Democrats over Republicans by a margin of 71% to 26% since 1968.
Protesters take part in the “March on the DNC” in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. Pro-Hamas demonstrators descended on the Windy City to protest the U.S. government’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict. (Fox News Digital)
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Jewish voters supported Biden over Trump 68% to 30% in 2020, while in 2016 the same group chose Clinton over Trump by a margin of 71% to 26%.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Lee contributed to this report.
