Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Trump always makes his religious followers - especially Christians - choose.
54% : She introduced Trump as "a true friend of the Jewish people.
53% : Adelson and Cohanim represent the portion of U.S. Jews that strongly supports Trump.
52% : "There are many reasons, the most obvious is that they like Trump more than they heed their own church.
48% : "The kind of language Trump is using here is more like that used by an authoritarian personality cult leader.
42% : "Catholics listening to the increasingly Nativist rhetoric on immigration from Trump and even his running mate, JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, ought to have their hearts examined if they support that," Gibson said.Professor Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of American political rhetoric at Texas A&M University, said typical politicians seek to connect to voters based on shared policy beliefs, not by demanding religious loyalty.
41% : Matthew Boedy, who studies religious rhetoric as a professor at the University of North Georgia, said Trump has adopted spiritual warfare rhetoric, which is commonplace in certain Christian circles.
37% : "Trump is only making that divide advantageous to him.
32% : "David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Jesuit-run Fordham University, said that in past elections, "for a non-Catholic like Trump to be setting himself up as the savior of Catholics, or Jews for that matter, would have been political insanity.""But it´s Trump, and conservatives who would attack a Democrat for such language are cheering for the Republican nominee," Gibson added in an email.
32% : Trump "is absolutely correct in challenging our assumptions about voting on auto-pilot and failing to comprehend that the Democrat Party, which has been hijacked by its far-left base, is no longer a home for the Jewish people," Cohanim's statement said.
32% : "Trump doubled down on his longstanding pattern of scapegoating Jews," Maunus said.
23% : If he loses, Trump added, "Jewish people would have a lot to do with the loss.
22% : "To the left of center, a harsh denunciation of Trump came from Lauren Maunus, political director of IfNotNow - an organization of U.S. Jews that has accused the Israeli government of oppressive policies toward Palestinians and protested Israel´s military offensive in Gaza.
17% : The statements didn´t directly address the potential blaming of Jews for a Trump defeat; rather, they depicted Trump as a stronger supporter of Israel than President Joe Biden and Trump´s Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

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