Donald Trump, funeral crasher

| 10:00 pm EDT October 29, 2018
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Several Jewish leaders have published a letter informing Donald Trump that he’s not welcome in Pittsburgh, due to the role that his violent and antisemitic rhetoric played in this weekend’s deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Trump responded by announcing that he would visit Pittsburgh anyway. Then he found a way to make it even worse.

After Donald Trump made clear that he was planning to visit Pittsburgh against the wishes of the city, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto then asked Trump to at least not come on Tuesday, because such a visit would interfere with the funerals being held for the eleven victims. So naturally, Trump announced that he’s going to visit on Tuesday.

It’s jarring enough that Donald Trump has pushed thinly veiled antisemitic rhetoric, denouncing “globalists” – longstanding code for Jews – as recently as the day before the synagogue shooting. Now Trump is trying to make the deadly shooting all about him. He’s planning to crash Pittsburgh on funeral day, knowing full well that he’s going to interfere with the funeral proceedings. Each time we think Trump can’t go any lower, he does. Oh, and it gets worse.

According to a CNN report tonight, Donald Trump will be bringing his daughter Ivanka Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner with him to Pittsburgh tomorrow. That will require additional law enforcement attention, potentially causing even bigger problems for the funerals taking place tomorrow.