No mention of Jews in White House's Holocaust Remembrance Day tribute

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Lack of reference to Judaism or antisemitism in Trump administration’s statement ‘puzzling and troubling’, head of Anti-Defamation League said
The White House raised eyebrows on Friday when it issued a statement to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, that did not mention Jews, Judaism or antisemitism.The statement read:
It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.

Yet, we know that in the darkest hours of humanity, light shines the brightest.‎ As we remember those who died, we are deeply grateful to those who risked their lives to save the innocent.
In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world.
 
The Holocaust was the systematic genocide of European Jewry by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. More than six million Jews were murdered, along with Gypsies, gay people, political dissidents and others that the Nazi regime found undesirable.
On Twitter, Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League wrote that the statement “misses that it was six million Jews who perished, not just ‘innocent people’†and described it as “puzzling and troubling†that there was no explicit mention of Jews.
In past statements and speeches commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Barack Obama explicitly referred to the “unique†nature of the Holocaust and “the scourge of antisemitism†and to the murder of six million Jews.
The oversight by the White House comes as the Trump administration is still adjusting to the transition of power. The night before the statement on the Holocaust was issued, the White House issued a daily schedule that repeatedly misspelled the name of the British prime minister, Theresa May.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment. However, Fred Brown, a spokesman for the Republican Jewish Coalition, said in a statement “it’s outrageous that people are using Holocaust Remembrance Day for partisan reasons or to try and settle scores. The horrors of the Holocaust are not to be taken lightly. Today is about remembering the millions of Jews who suffered at the hands of hate, and the heroes who died fighting it.â€

 
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Trump probably thinks the Nazis were the victims of WW2

[playboi bona]

remember that not only did they not mention jews, they also banned muslims the same day on holocaust remembrance day, which was intentionally done on a Friday so courts would perform injunctions

 

Trump is crazzzzzyyyy

 

watch his ass start catering to holocaust deniers too

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watch his ass start catering to holocaust deniers too

 

it wasn't already?

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Because Steve Bannon.

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"In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world."

 

...suuure. Like what's been happening today, with the ban, right? And as a Jewish person, myself, I also find this highly insulting and incredibly sad. *sigh*

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remember that not only did they not mention jews, they also banned muslims the same day on holocaust remembrance day, which was intentionally done on a Friday so courts would perform injunctions

 

Trump is crazzzzzyyyy

 

watch his ass start catering to holocaust deniers too

 

He already caters to the conspiracy theorists who think climate change is a hoax and vaccines cause autism.

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So how many more chances are we supposed to give him before he starts doing the "good" stuff that his supporters are talking about? Because he's already done more damage than literally any other president. This is just terrible and the fact that people are just supporting this ban and everything he's done is just ??? why?

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it wasn't already?

you got me...

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Trump probably thinks the Nazis were the victims of WW2

[Chappy]

"In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good. Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world."

 

...suuure. Like what's been happening today, with the ban, right? And as a Jewish person, myself, I also find this highly insulting and incredibly sad. *sigh*

 

LOL at the hypocrisy! What he really wanted to say was "Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world, minorities and basically not-americans not included"

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not surprising, the hardcore alt right is heavily anti semitic and he's surrounded himself with them

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Big mistake

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I found the statement inclusive and non-specific. A lot of people forget / don't know that the Holocaust didn't affect just Jews.

[Kim Hyolyn]

I found the statement inclusive and non-specific. A lot of people forget / don't know that the Holocaust didn't affect just Jews.

This tbh, even though the holocaust was a tragedy for Jews, people seem to forget/ they aren't taught that there were a lot of non Jewish victims of the holocaust especially the polish. They were under nazi Germany's control and had the largest death camps in their country, hitler hated the polish so much that towards the end of the war he called on the complete annihilation of the polish people, Poland did lose 12% of their population during world war 2.

 

Even though the nazi regime was mainly anti-Jewish, millions of others suffered as well so I feel like the statement reached out to everyone that was affected by it.

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I found the statement inclusive and non-specific. A lot of people forget / don't know that the Holocaust didn't affect just Jews.

This. Also, whenever someone hears the word 'holocaust', don't they automatically think of Jews?

 

This article is really pathetic at reaching for some hint of antisemitism, even though Trump loves Jews.