People Are Pissed That Trump Did Not Mention Jews In Holocaust Statement
(sorry about the pic I searched “Trump Jew” and this came up and it was too funny not to use)
So it was International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday. As is tradition the President released a statement.
As you can see this statement does not mention Jews or anti-semitism. Folks are NOT happy about that.
I thought Holocaust statement leaving out Jews an oversight by a new Admin, figured theyd fix. Insted they double down & attack critics? Wow
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 30, 2017
Day 4 of “The Holocaust wasn’t really about Jews,” now starring Sean Spicer. The GOP must be so proud.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 30, 2017
Two GOP Jewish groups condemn White House Holocaust statement that was “inclusive”/omitted word “Jews” https://t.co/9NOxxPubpw — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 30, 2017
I can clear up why Trump’s admin removed Jews from their statement about the Holocaust — because Steve Bannon wrote it.
— Ashley Lynch (@ashleylynch) January 30, 2017
When you fail to honor Jews who died in the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance Day in the name of “inclusivism,” you are doing it wrong. — Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 29, 2017
Anti-Semites always deny the Jewish centrality of the Holocaust. Trump did just that. Draw your own conclusions. https://t.co/K52SNcIaRI
— Bret Stephens (@StephensWSJ) January 30, 2017
It’s amazing that not a day paasses without an issue or incident from this President. Now refusing to acknowledge Jews on Holocaust Day. — jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) January 30, 2017
Spicer today called the statement’s critics pathetic.
Sean Spicer says it’s “pathetic” that people are “nit-picking” Holocaust statement for not mentioning Jews… — Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) January 30, 2017
He also pulled a classic “no it’s cool I have black friends.”
Not a PR guy but think you gotta mention Jews in your Holocaust statement. That’s all I’ve got to say. Don’t want to go down a big Holocaust rabbit hole here, just think you have to mention the Jews. They’ve had a problematic enough 3,500 years, the least you can do is throw them a Holocaust Remembrance Day shoutout.