The White House said “hatred has no place in the United States of America under President Donald Trump” and vowed that the man suspected of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, DC, last night would be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law”, APA reports citing CNN.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing to reporters today that Trump is “saddened and outraged” over the killing of the embassy workers.
“The evil of antisemitism must be eradicated from our society,” she said.
Later in the briefing, Leavitt touted actions the administration has taken against college campuses to “crack down on antisemitism.” She highlighted moves to withhold federal funding from schools that don’t comply with their policy demands and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s efforts to revoke “thousands of student visas.”
“So the president’s made it very clear that such hatred will have no place in our country,” Leavitt said.
She called the two diplomats killed, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a “beautiful young couple” and talked about their love for each other. They were expected to be engaged, officials said.
Leavitt said she talked to Attorney General Pam Bondi this morning. The Justice Department will be “prosecuting the perpetrator responsible for this to the fullest extent of the law,” she said.
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