Trump turns from tweeting New Zealand condolences to calling Democrats anti-Semites as he says GOP is 'waiting with open arms' for Jewish Americans to embrace fashion model's 'Jexodus' plan President Trump tweeted encouragement on Friday to American Jews who want to flee the Democratic Party Follows scandal that erupted when Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar used anti-Semitic language He cited 'Jexodus' movement started by former aide who is also a model She appeared in Maxim — and, this week, on 'Fox & Friends'By David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor and Francesca Chambers, Senior White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com Published: 13:09 GMT, 15 March 2019 | Updated: 13:37 GMT, 15 March 2019 3 Viewcomments President Trump tweeted his support on Friday for what he suggested should be a mass exodus of American Jews from the Democratic Party, citing a group of Jewish millennials run by a fashion model who used to be on his staff. 'The "Jexodus" movement encourages Jewish people to leave the Democrat Party,' he wrote, saying Democrats have shown '[t]otal disrespect' to Jews. 'Republicans are waiting with open arms. Remember Jerusalem (U.S. Embassy) and the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal!' The president had already called Democrats 'anti-Jewish' and 'anti-Israel' in the wake of a congressional scandal that followed Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's public use of anti-Semitic language. Former Trump aide and model Elizabeth Pipko, who revealed this year she secretly worked on the president's 2016 campaign, appeared on 'Fox & Friends' this week to talk about the 'Jexodus' movement and excoriate Democrats for policies she says hurt Jewish Americans. President Donald Trump tweeted encouragement on Friday to American Jews who want to flee the Democratic Party Trump cited the 'Jexodus' movement started by former aide Elizabeth Pipko, who is also a model She appeared in Maxim — and, this week, on 'Fox & Friends' The president has used issues like the Iran nuclear deal and his decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to attempt to drive a wedge between Democrats and Jews in the U.S. 'Obviously, we saw a lot of anti-Israel policies kind of start under the Obama administration, and it got worse and worse,' Pipko said this week on 'Fox & Friends.' 'There's antisemitism in the Democratic Party,' she said. 'They can hide it, they can do whatever they want. They failed to condemn it, and now it's there. It's time.' The president escalated her claims in a tweet on Tuesday that quoted that part of her appearance. The interview provided Trump with a new opportunity to smack Democrats for a House resolution they passed last week on hate speech — one that was exclusively a slam on Omar's anti-Semitism until Democrats camouflaged it with a kitchen-sink approach. Pipkin, a model who has appeared in Maxim, said Democrats 'failed' to properly condemn the growing anti-Jewish sentiment in their party with the vote that has its origins in comments Rep. Ilhan Omar made that were panned as anti-Semitic. 'The scariest party, obviously was not the original antisemitism. It was the lack of leadership coming into play,' she said. 'so not only did the antisemitism that started with Ilhan Omar get worse and worse...but when the leadership fails to condemn that, it shows that they are a party of antisemitism.' Pipko appeared on 'Fox & Friends' this week, playing to an audience of one on the show Trump watches most Trump blasted Democrats as anti-Israel and anti-Jewish a week ago after they declined to formally reprimand Rep. Ilhan Omar for making allegedly anti-Semitic comments Rep. Omar still has a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee after saying that moneyed Jews control much of Washington with their pocketbooks The Jexodus movement took hold following a call from black, conservative activist Candace Owens for African-American voters to 'Blexit' the Democratic Party. Pipkin told Fox & Friends of Jexodus: 'Obviously it's a play on Exodus, but we left Egypt and now we're leaving the Democratic Party.' Trump openly called the House vote last week on a resolution condemning hate language a 'disgrace' after Democrats expanded it. 'The Democrats have become an anti-Israel party, they have become an anti-Jewish party,' he said as he left the White House for Alabama. 'And I thought that vote was a disgrace. And so does everybody else, if you get an honest answer.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility