Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, the most senior Democrat in the upper chamber, said the President had used a trope “that’s been used against the Jewish people for centuries”.
Senator Schumer added: “To my fellow American Jews ... when he uses a trope that's been used against the Jewish people for centuries with dire consequences he is encouraging -- wittingly or unwittingly -- antisemites throughout the country and world. Enough."
Congresswoman Elaine Luria, who represents Virginia’s second district, added that the President had helped “create an antisemitic environment”.
She said: "As a Jewish American, I am dismayed that the President is attacking millions in the American Jewish community as unintelligent and disloyal.”
Congressman Andy Levin told CNN that President Trump was at “the centre of a maelstrom of white supremacy and hate crimes in this country”, accusing him of being “a danger to Jewish people in this country”.
