Trump’s slogan, “make America great again,” is a good place to start.Īmerican society has changed. Examining Trump’s appeal to other parts of American society might be helpful in understanding the causes for support for him in the Orthodox community. The consequences of the attack on the Congress - with more information to emerge from continuing investigations - are likely to reduce support for Trump. Clearly, his personal qualities are irrelevant to a major portion of Orthodox Jewry. As a notorious abuser of women and frequent liar, Trump’s personal behavior and crudity should have turned off religious people. The periodic shift from presidents of one party to the other had virtually no impact on this growth. Orthodox Judaism has been remarkably successful after many thought that it would disappear. He represented the only model of America that they could live with. Trump had convinced them that if he loses, the results would be catastrophic. The explanation that the Orthodox Jewish vote for Trump was based on supporting his policies on Israel or religious rights fails to explain the segment of Orthodox Jewry that remained loyal to him against the apparent evidence that he had lost and wasn’t re-elected. To accept Trump’s version required not following the details of the story it meant rejecting information that came from the mainstream media. He pressured the Governor and Secretary of State, both Republicans, and threatened them. If one followed the narrative in one state, Georgia, Trump made claims that were systematically refuted by state officials. The many judges who decided the court cases had to be part of this conspiracy since every single complaint had been rejected. Some mistakenly believed that the rioters, broadly speaking, were leftists masquerading as Trump supporters.Īfter giving them every benefit of the doubt, these Orthodox Jewish supporters of Trump had accepted as fact that that the election was rigged, an operation which would have involved both Republican and Democratic state officials on different levels in at least six states. It is also possible that these Orthodox Jews were not familiar with the white nationalist groups who participated with them and had a history of violence. Let us assume that the overwhelming number of Orthodox Jews who participated in the rally did not enter the Capitol and were not part of the violence. A significant number of people understood this as a directive to enter the Capitol and riot. The rally ended with the President telling the crowd to walk up to the capital and apparently, through this, influence Congress and Former Vice President Mike Pence. This rally was being held after all the states had certified the votes and over 60 court cases objecting to the count had been rejected by state and federal courts on every level, including the United States Supreme Court.
6, 2021 to attend a rally in support of Former President Donald Trump’s claim that the election was stolen and that Congress or the Vice President should declare him re-elected. At least eight buses filled with Orthodox Jews went to Washington, D.C.
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