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Headline Roundup October 29th, 2018

Petition Urges Trump to Denounce White Nationalism Before Visiting Pittsburgh

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The progressive Jewish action website Bend the Arc has published a petition backed by 11 Jewish leaders and 35,000 signatures telling President Trump not to visit Pittsburgh unless he denounces white nationalism. Supporters of the move have largely blamed Trump's rhetoric for the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue, while some opponents have criticized the media's coverage of the story as left-leaning.

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Thousands signed a letter saying Trump was not welcome in Pittsburgh. He plans to visit anyway.
Thousands signed a letter saying Trump was not welcome in Pittsburgh. He plans to visit anyway.

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More than 35,000 people have signed an open letter to President Trump from the leaders of a Pittsburgh-based Jewish group who say the president will not be welcome in the city unless he

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Some Pittsburgh Jewish leaders to Trump: Don't come until you denounce white nationalism
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A group of Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh, a city still reeling from the bloody attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue that left 11 people dead, have published an open letter telling President Donald Trump not to come until he denounces white nationalism.

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Media Tout 'Jewish Leaders' In Pittsburgh Telling Trump He's Not Welcome. They're Lying. Those 'Jewish Leaders' Are Professional Progressive Activists.
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Over the weekend, the press began a narrative drumbeat suggesting that President Trump was somehow responsible for the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday –

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