White House says it intentionally left Jews out of Holocaust Memorial statement

[RandySF]

he Trump administration on Saturday defended the White House statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day released the previous day following criticism over it not mentioning Jews or anti-Semitism.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN that "despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered."

Hicks reportedly provided a link to a story that noted that while 6 million Jews were killed by Nazis, another 5 million non-Jewish people were killed under Adolf Hitler.

CNN said it asked whether the White House was suggesting Trump omitted a reference to Jews as Holocaust victims out of concern it would offend others targeted by Nazis.

Hicks responded, "it was our honor to issue a statement in remembrance of this important day."

The White House statement mentioned "innocent people" targeted by Nazis but didn't mention Jews or anti-Semitism, which CNN noted drew a contrast from past statements by former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

The Anti-Defamation League's Jonathan Greenblatt called the omission "puzzling and troubling," noting that it was a departure from past GOP and Democratic presidents.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316718-wh-defends-holocaust-statement-that-didnt-mention-jews

[CincyDem]

1. No different that claiming "All Lives Matter".

Normalize the oppression of a single group but insisting that all groups experience the same oppression.

what asshats.

[Wounded Bear]

9. My first thought, too...

[King_Klonopin]

14. Good pick-up ! nt

[dhill926]

2. fucking assholes....

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Pepe would disapprove

along with his alt-right admirers.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. This was Bannons work

[Ken Burch]

13. Next year, they'll celebrate it with with a barbecue and oompah band on the White House lawn.

[King_Klonopin]

17. His creepy image came to my mind immediately.

This is the standard, boilerplate, KKK/antisemitic way of addressing the Holocaust.
Don't give the Jews the dignity or validation of specifics regarding atrocities because
the Holocaust never really happened anyway. Pat Buchanan would be impressed.

To rationalize that this is a way to be fair to all parties who suffered -- by being vague
and non-specific -- is an insult and a farce. Bannon wrote that crap for Trumph -- he
can't use the word "Jew" in a sympathetic vain.

[octoberlib]

5. I also don't believe Trumps typo

in his tweet about the Muslim ban on the same day, using 'gas' for 'has' was a mistake. It was intentional. Evil people. It has since been deleted.

[oasis]

6. "When you're explaining, you're losing".

so quit digging.

[still_one]

7. Except one small tiny point, the "final solution", was a plan of genocide against the Jews. Nothing

to see here though

[mainstreetonce]

8. I heard Tim Kaine discuss this

He said Trump did this the someday as the Muslim ban .they purposely left out mentioning Jews because they don't want to be compared to those who singled out one religion.

[bdamomma]

11. trump does not care

he has no apathy for anyone.

[King_Klonopin]

18. Oh, he has plenty of apathy for all people !! nt

[politicat]

10. This is Holocaust Deniers propaganda. Let's call it what it is.

It's soft denialism, that trivializes the intentional, systematic destruction. "Final Solution" was only the first clause -- the whole phrase was "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question."

Yes, others were killed. Yes, they deserve to be remembered. Yes, they are important. Yes, they were targeted as well. Their destruction was an adjunct to an organized, systematic, intentional mass destruction.

If you have an Audible account, in the app under CHANNELS, then under AUDIOBOOK CHANNELS, then DRAMATIC HISTORY -- Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder is currently free. It's the one volume history most useful for identifying and combatting denialism. (It's a HARD listen. Take breaks. Have something really light and fluffy for afterwards.)

And lest we forget -- a lot of Denialism comes from the Soviet propaganda used to absolve Stalin. The current generation of Russian leadership grew up with soft denialism as their primary history.

[gratuitous]

16. Yep, no doubt about it

I guess Preibus was on with chucktodd this weekend, and when they weren't interrupting each other (and good on Chuck for actually standing his ground), Preibus actually mumbled something about "never forget" in reference to the Holocaust. Me? I would have slapped the taste right out of his mouth and screamed that that's precisely what President Trump's proclamation did.

[politicat]

20. Preibus is disgusting -- his *mother* would be subject to this ban.

A considerable population of Greeks moved to North Africa to escape fascism, where she was born, raised and met his father. She came to the US as a war bride.

He doesn't even have the spine to stand up for his mother.

[anneboleyn]

24. Yes, I've seen it online many times and that is exactly what the deliberate omission means

This was absolutely no accident. Bannon knew exactly what he was doing -- this is dog whistle crap for the white nationalists.

[Paladin]

12. Making an appeal to the white supremacists.

No mention of Jews, no mention of gays. Flagrantly obvious stuff; has bannon's creepy fingerprints all over it. Fight back any way you can, right now.

[Mc Mike]

15. Yeah. They're nazis. rec, Nt

[heaven05]

19. BANNON

"intentionally" left out the relevant reference to the reason for the Holocaust Memorial. But a nazi anti-semite would do something like that.

[jmowreader]

21. It wouldn't have anything to do with...

http://forward.com/news/353914/by-the-numbers-3-key-takeaways-from-the-2016-jewish-vote/

...the fact Trump lost the Jewish vote by a ridiculous percentage: 71 percent Clinton, 24 percent Trump...now would it?

[JI7]

22. These are the people who get outraged over saying Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas

[spanone]

23. their lips are moving....