Day 105.

He finally said something. But I submit to you that it was not enough.

Steven Goldstein, the Executive Director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, said:

The President’s sudden acknowledgement is a Band-Aid on the cancer of Antisemitism that has infected his own Administration. His statement today is a pathetic asterisk of condescension after weeks in which he and his staff have committed grotesque acts and omissions reflecting Antisemitism, yet day after day have refused to apologize and correct the record. Make no mistake: The Antisemitism coming out of this Administration is the worst we have ever seen from any Administration. The White House repeatedly refused to mention Jews in its Holocaust remembrance, and had the audacity to take offense when the world pointed out the ramifications of Holocaust denial. And it was only yesterday, President’s Day, that Jewish Community Centers across the nation received bomb threats, and the President said absolutely nothing. When President Trump responds to Antisemitism proactively and in real time, and without pleas and pressure, that’s when we’ll be able to say this President has turned a corner. This is not that moment.

What the president said is not tangible action. It was words. After six weeks of terrorism this year. After people vandalizing homes and houses of worship and community centers with swastikas next to his name. After he has stoked hate against Jews and against Muslims. You can’t say hate crimes are bad after you’ve advocated for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering this country” and not account for the change of mind.

We will stand against this, and we will work together. Today I’m profoundly grateful to Linda Sarsour, who started a campaign to fund repairs to a Jewish cemetery that was desecrated over the weekend. The campaign is on LaunchGood, a fundraising site geared towards Muslims. Sarsour set a goal of $20,000, and gave the campaign one month to raise the funds. They reached their goal in three hours. (Additional funds will go to Jewish centers that have been vandalized.)

To everyone who gave: thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart. I see you. I will stand with you. I will bring my people to stand with you. You are the best of America, and we will not let you down.