Fox News' Trumpster Rabbi Blames Secularism For Hate Crimes
Leave it to Fox to manage to find a way to stoke even more hatred and division when it comes to the issue of religion just one day after the horrific shooting at a synagogue in California.
Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow, whose synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, rose to fame after being invited by Trump to speak following the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh:
A Carmel rabbi answered a request from President Trump hours after 11 people were killed at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow led prayer during the president’s speech on Saturday at the Future Farmers of America convention in Indianapolis.
Rabbi Sendrow usually does not look at his phone or use his car on Sabbath. However, he kept getting a call from Washington, DC so he picked up his phone and it was the White House.
He led the convention in prayer with pastor Thom O’Leary. President Trump stood on stage with them.
“To be in the presence of the president is an overwhelming honor,” Rabbi Sendrow said. “But that was not at all why I was there. I was there to pray for the victims of the shooting, both the survivors and the families of those who did not survive. That was what was foremost in my heart and mind.” [...]