Conservative US commentator Ann Coulter stood accused of anti-Semitism after posting a series of messages on Twitter accusing Republican presidential candidates of trying to please Jews and Evangelicals by expressing support for Israel.
“How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?” Coulter said in a tweet posted during the final minutes of the three-hour debate on Wednesday, when four out of the eleven candidates mentioned their support for Israel in their closing remarks. In another tweet, Coulter said: "Maybe it’s to suck up to the Evangelicals.”
Followers accused Coulter of being "anti-Semitic," and "desperate for attention." Coulter defended her posts, posting a tweet saying "I like the Jews, I like fetuses, I like Reagan. Didn't need to hear applause lines about them all night."
A spokesman for the group Christians United for Israel excoriated Coulter in a statement, saying: “Ann Coulter’s tweets this evening concerning Israel were completely inappropriate. The US-Israel relationship is both a moral and strategic imperative. There are tens of millions of Christians in this country who stand with the Jewish state.”
Coulter is a supporter of Donald Trump for president.
