Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in the history of the U.S. Congress. It’s long been a point of pride for the New York Democrat, whose new book on antisemitism in America will soon hit shelves.

Donald Trump alleged Wednesday that Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, is not Jewish. “Schumer is a Palestinian, as far as I’m concerned. You know, he’s become a Palestinian,” the president said in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian," Trump said.This isn't the first instance of Trump making this comment.Trump had insinuated that "the Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer,