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WATCH: CNN Anchor Tries, Fails To Get Tree Of Life Rabbi To Condemn Trump

Emily Zanotti

Monday morning, in one of his first appearances following the horrific, anti-Semitic attack on his synagogue, CNN’s Alisyn Camerota tried to cajole Rabbi Jeffrey Myers into blaming President Donald Trump for the shooting.

Myers presides over the Tree of Life Synagogue where a gunman opened fire Saturday, killing 11 and wounding at least 6 in what is being termed the worst anti-Semitic attack in American history, but he wasn’t about to lay the blame for the gunman’s hatred of the Jewish people at the feet of the president (or any political figure) — no matter how hard Camerota tried.

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