Comedian Jon Lovitz teed off on Democrats who have expressed criticism toward Israel since their military conflict with Islamic militant group Hamas began last October.
Lovitz, 66, discussed antisemitism and his frustration with anti-Israel Democrats in a Wednesday interview with Fox News Digital.
The actor referenced last week's passage of the "Antisemitism Awareness Act," noting 70 House Democrats opposed the bill.
"You’ve got Chuck Schumer, who’s Jewish, saying we should have elections in Israel now,” Lovitz said of the Senate Majority Leader. “And the reason President [Donald] Trump and other people got mad is you’re not supposed to interfere – ironically, Trump – interfere in another country’s elections and in the middle of a war!”
Lovitz then took aim at Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive Democrat.
"Bernie Sanders, he’s always been, you know … I said it before, and I’ll say it again, he’s a self-loathing Jew,” Lovitz said. “And there’s a lot of them. ‘Why do you say that?’ I go, well, it’s clear as a bell, he’s not for Israel [saying] ‘They have to stop this war.’”
The comedian questioned why Sanders hadn't condemned Hamas for spurring the 7-month-long military conflict.
"And whatever you think of Trump, the fact is that he’s done more for Israel than any president in the history of this country," Lovitz said of the former president, insisting Trump was not antisemitic.
"The weird thing about Trump is he’s very different in person than he is on television,” the comedian continued. “But if you want to say, ‘Well, he’s anti-Semitic,’ I go, well, I don’t know, his daughter – he’s crazy about Ivanka – converted to Judaism, married a Jewish guy, his grandchildren are Jewish.”
Lovitz went on to claim one beach club in Palm Beach turned away Jewish patrons, though noted Trump's Mar-a-Lago beach club welcomed Jewish patrons.
“So which of those clubs are antisemitic, the one that bans Jews or the ones that [let] them in?” Lovitz asked, noting Trump was well-favored in Israel. “Because he defended them … People say Trump’s antisemitic. And then I would say he’s not by his actions and the Democrats, by their actions, are overall. They’re certainly not for Israel.”
Lovitz noted he, like many in the Jewish community, was a lifelong Democrat, though no longer identified with the party.
“Jewish people for years, including myself, have been, you know, mostly liberal and Democrats,” Lovitz continued. “And so, what do you do when the party that you’ve been a part of all your life is against you?”
"The Democratic Party, they’re not what they used to be," he concluded.
