Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, began at sundown on Friday and Donald Trump posted his own message with a veiled threat to so-called “liberal Jews.”

“Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed false narratives! Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward! Happy New Year!” the meme says.

It goes on to list the “things Trump did” for Jews while he was in office. It claims among other things, that Trump “signed an executive order for Judaism to be a nationality in addition to a religion so it would fall under the category Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs receiving federal financial assistance.”

The meme eliminated a key part of what the Civil Rights Act says. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 “prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” The meme eliminates the word “religion” from the description of what the Civil Rights Act did. As a religion, […]