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Former Democratic congressman campaigning for Trump in crucial swing state

Former President Trump is receiving more support from across the political spectrum with less than two weeks left until the November election, according to a new report.

Former Congressman Peter Deutsch, D-Fla., who represented Florida's 20th Congressional District from 1993 to 2005, is campaigning for Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania after announcing his support for the Republican candidate earlier this month.

CNN reported that the former longtime Democratic lawmaker, who is Jewish, is going door-to-door with the Republican Jewish Coalition to convince undecided Jewish voters in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, that Trump will better protect their interests and oppose anti-Semitism becomes.

“I think Donald Trump and the Republican Party have done things that the Democrats haven't done,” he told CNN's Dana Bash in a report Wednesday. “Take aggressive action to address the egregious and almost insane levels of anti-Semitism on college campuses.”

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Former Florida Rep. Peter Deutsch is campaigning for President Trump to appeal to Jewish voters, according to a CNN report.

The Republican Jewish Coalition hopes to gain traction with undecided Jewish voters in the crucial swing state who may be persuaded to vote for Trump by appealing to concerns about Israel and anti-Semitism, as well as the economy and the rising cost of living, according to reports CEO Matt Brooks argued.

“There is a clear decision. “You don’t have to like Donald Trump, but Donald Trump will keep the Jewish community safe,” Brooks told CNN.

CNN also spoke to longtime Democratic voters in Pennsylvania, like Stephanie Spielman, who left the party because of its “unwillingness to confront anti-Semitism on the left.”

“I don’t think they seriously support the Jewish community. They’re not seriously engaging with us,” the former Democratic voter, who said she would still vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in this election, told CNN.

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A Republican Jewish group is working to persuade undecided voters in Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)

According to Fox Chattanooga, Deutsch first endorsed Trump during a press briefing earlier this month.

“I feel very comfortable publicly announcing today that I support Donald Trump’s re-election as president,” he said on the Oct. 8 conference call. “I plan to vote for him on November 5th. I take this decision very, very seriously. I also feel 100 percent comfortable with this decision.”

Deutsch said he believes the former president is a better leader for promoting world peace and that Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden have made the world “dramatically less safe.”

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A protester holds a sign about the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a protest demanding a ceasefire agreement and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas, Thursday, Oct. 17, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

“I think that Kamala Harris and the Harris-Biden administration are making the world a dramatically less safe place because of their actions and actions,” Deutsch said. “It’s not just about what’s happening in the Middle East, it’s about the homeland.”

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