唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周一在他的真理社交平台上发布了抨击“投票反对美国的自由派犹太人”的帖子，引发了批评，这已经不是第一次了和以色列。"
在其他地方，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯回击了来自国会山的批评，南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特则参与了一项帮助五名美国被拘留者离开伊朗的新协议。
这些和其他来自竞选活动的更新，如下。
特朗普的后座力
特朗普关于犹太人的信息来自犹太新年。目前还不清楚是什么原因导致他发布了他的所作所为，但谴责是迅速的。(他的竞选团队没有回应置评请求。)
美国犹太人委员会在X上写道，作为回应，这是“极具攻击性和分裂性的”。距离下次选举还有一年时间，我们敦促从上到下的政治候选人避免煽动性言论。”
“下次你攻击美国犹太人时，在我们最神圣的日子里这样做之前要三思。你的反犹太主义声音很大纽约民主党众议员杰罗德·纳德勒(Jerrold Nadler)在这个平台上补充道。
这不是特朗普第一次对犹太选民发表有争议的言论。2019年，他批评投票给民主党人的犹太人，声称这“表明要么完全缺乏知识，要么非常不忠诚”——显然是对以色列。
德桑蒂斯回到了他的家
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯正在共和党初选中努力成为特朗普的主要替代者。但是前总统并不是他唯一的对手。
随着德桑蒂斯的竞选活动在民调中受挫，以及特朗普巩固其巨大的早期初选领先优势，他受到了共和党其他支柱的直接或间接攻击。州长正在为自己辩护，但对共和党基础的调查表明，在投票开始前的最后几个月里，他有很大的优势要弥补。
德桑蒂斯在当选州长前曾在众议院任职，周一他接替了加州共和党众议长凯文·麦卡锡。
特朗普的盟友麦卡锡(McCarthy)在周日接受福克斯新闻频道采访时针对德桑蒂斯，打击了德桑蒂斯获得共和党总统候选人提名的机会。
“听着，我和罗恩·德桑蒂斯共事过——无论从哪方面来说，他都和特朗普总统不在一个级别上。没有特朗普总统的支持，他不会当选，”麦卡锡说。
德桑蒂斯周一回击，强调麦卡锡与特朗普的关系。
“唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)帮助他赢得了议长的小木槌，他们在他的整个总统任期内密切合作。德桑蒂斯在新闻发布会上说:“他们在每一项重大支出法案上都是一伙的，最终他们一起给我们的国债增加了7.8万亿美元。”。
2023年9月16日，在爱荷华州得梅因，共和党总统候选人佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在爱荷华州信仰和自由联盟的秋季宴会上发表讲话。
布莱恩·霍尔格雷夫/美联社
钱少问题多?
周一，德桑蒂斯也遭受了财务挫折，当时共和党超级捐助者、前Citadel首席执行官肯·格里芬表示，他不会在该党的总统初选中向任何人捐款。
格里芬的净资产约为350亿美元，他为德桑蒂斯2022年的州长竞选提供了数百万美元，并在11月份表示，这个国家“将由他担任总统”
但是格里芬在一次采访中告诉美国消费者新闻与商业频道他不确定德桑蒂斯能否获得足够的支持来赢得提名。(德桑蒂斯的竞选团队没有立即回应关于格里芬的置评请求。)
格里芬说:“对于在这次选举周期中支持谁，我仍然持观望态度。”“听着，如果我有梦想的话，我们会在初选中有一个更年轻的伟大的共和党候选人，他是不同的一代，对美国有不同的看法。在初选中，我们会有一个更年轻的民主党人，他会给我们的国家带来他的信息。”
“我不知道他的策略，”格里芬谈到德桑蒂斯时说。"我不清楚他打算吸引哪些选民。"
共和党候选人瞄准伊朗被拘留者协议
在其他地方，一些共和党总统候选人瞄准了白宫最近与伊朗达成的协议，即释放五名美国人，以换取华盛顿解冻60亿美元的石油收入。
“软弱招致邪恶并不奇怪。伊朗前副总统迈克·彭斯周一在一次外交政策演讲中称:“仅仅几天后，伊朗就将联合国核检查员驱逐出伊朗，这是对美国的蔑视。”。
“那总是一个糟糕的决定。它提高了美国人头的价格，”南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特在爱荷华州的竞选活动中补充说。“60亿美元的释放资金只会让每个出国旅行的美国人花费更多。这是一个糟糕的决定，尽管我们感谢上帝，那些人要回家了。”
白宫为该协议辩护，称其不是“赎金”或“空白支票”。
Trump's 'liberal Jews' comment is denounced, DeSantis calls out McCarthy and more campaign takeaways
Donald Trump, not for the first time, sparked criticism on Monday after he posted on his Truth Social platform knocking "liberal Jews who voted against America& Israel."
Elsewhere, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back on criticism out of Capitol Hill -- and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott weighed in on a new deal to help five American detainees leave Iran.
Those and other updates from the campaign trail, below.
Blowback for Trump
Trump's message about Jewish people came on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It's not immediately clear what caused him to post what he did -- but the denunciations were swift. (His campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)
The American Jewish Committee wrote on X in response that it was "deeply offensive and divisive. As we approach one year until the next election, we urge political candidates from the top to the bottom of the ballot to avoid incendiary rhetoric."
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the Pray Vote Stand Summit, organized by the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.. Sept. 15, 2023.
"Next time you attack American Jews, think twice before about doing it on one of our holiest days. Your antisemitism is loud& clear," Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., added on the platform, formerly known as Twitter.
This is not the first controversial remark Trump has made about Jewish voters. In 2019, he criticized Jewish people who vote for Democrats, claiming it "shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty" -- apparently to Israel.
DeSantis returns to his House roots
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is fighting to be the main alternative to Trump in the GOP primary. But the former president isn't the only one he's fighting.
DeSantis has come under direct or indirect fire from other pillars of the GOP as his campaign falters in the polls and as Trump solidifies his yawning early primary lead. The governor is defending himself, but surveys of the Republican base suggest he has significant ground to make up in the final months before voting begins.
DeSantis, who served in the House before being elected governor, took on Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Monday.
McCarthy, a Trump ally, had targeted DeSantis in a Sunday interview on Fox News, knocking DeSantis' chances of earning the GOP's presidential nomination.
"Look, I served with Ron DeSantis -- he's not at the same level as President Trump by any shape or form. He would not have gotten elected without President Trump's endorsement," McCarthy said.
DeSantis returned fire Monday, highlighting McCarthy's ties to Trump.
"Donald Trump was instrumental in him earning that speaker's gavel, and they worked hand in glove really throughout his whole presidency. They were on the same team on every major spending bill that came down the pike and they ended up together adding $7.8 trillion to our national debt," DeSantis said at a press conference.
Less money, more problems?
DeSantis was also hit with a financial setback on Monday when GOP megadonor and former Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said he would not donate to anyone in the party's presidential primary.
Griffin, who has a net worth of roughly $35 billion, gave millions to DeSantis' 2022 gubernatorial bid and said as recently as November said that the country "would be well-served by him as president."
But Griffintold CNBC in an interviewthat he's unsure if DeSantis will be able to gin up sufficient support to win nomination. (DeSantis' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Griffin.)
"I'm still on the sidelines as to who to support in this election cycle," Griffin said. "Look, if I had my dream, we'd have a great Republican candidate in the primary who was younger, of a different generation, with a different tone for America. And we'd have a younger person on the Democratic side in the primary, who would have his message for our country."
"I don't know his strategy," Griffin added of DeSantis. "It's not clear to me what voter base he is intending to appeal to."
GOP candidates target Iran deal for detainees
Elsewhere, some GOP presidential candidates were taking aim at the White House's recent deal with Iran to free five Americans from detention in exchange for Washington unfreezing $6 billion in oil revenue.
"It’s no real surprise that weakness arouses evil. Iran thumbed its nose at America by kicking UN nuclear inspectors out of the country, just a few days later," former Vice President Mike Pence said in a foreign policy speech on Monday.
"That is always a bad decision. It raises the price on American heads," South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott added during a campaign stop in Iowa. "Six billion dollars of released funds will only make it far more expensive for every single American who's traveling abroad. It's a bad decision although we do thank God that those folks are coming home."
The White House has defended the agreement as not "ransom" or a "blank check."
