Franken: Trump’s New Ad ‘Something of a German Shepherd’ Whistle to Jews

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TAPPER: "I want to ask you about this new two-minute ad that the trump campaign is going to be airing. It blasts the Washington and global establishment. It uses images of Obama and Clinton but some columnists have noted that there are three other individuals in the ad, George Soros, Janet Yellen, Lloyd Blankfein, and all three of them happen to be Jewish. What was your take when you saw the ad?"
FRANKEN: "Well, when I saw the ad I thought that this was something of a German shepherd whistle, a dog whistle to sort of the — certain group in the united States. I’m Jewish. Maybe I’m sensitive to it. Clearly had sort of elders of Zion sort of feel to it, international banking crisis plot or conspiracy rather and then a number of Jews. So I think that it does speak to a certain part of his alt-right base. Bannon, head of Breitbart, is his chairman. They traffic in that. Trump has retweeted a lot of that sort of thing. And I think that it’s an appeal to some of the worst elements in our country, as a closing argument. I think that people who aren’t sensitive to that or don’t know that history might not see that in that. I immediately saw."