MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A Democratic congressman accused Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign of trying to exploit tensions between Jews and blacks.
Rep. Rob Andrews, who had endorsed Clinton, said Friday that he made some positive comments about Obama just before Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary and received a call from a high-ranking person in Clinton’s campaign shortly afterward.
The caller told him about a campaign strategy to win Jewish voters by exploiting tensions between Jews and blacks, said Andrews, who declined to name the caller.
“Frankly, I had a private conversation with a high-ranking person in the campaign . . . that used a racial line of argument that I found very disconcerting,” Andrews said. “It was extremely disconcerting given the rank of this person. It was very disturbing.”
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer denied the accusation. “Comments like these . . . are sad and divisive,” he said.
