The following is via Politico:
The State Department drafted its own statement last month marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that explicitly included a mention of Jewish victims, according to people familiar with the matter, but President Donald Trump’s White House blocked its release.
The existence of the draft statement adds another dimension to the controversy around the White House’s own statement that was released on Monday and set off a furor because it excluded any mention of Jews. The White House has stood by the statement, defending it as an “inclusive” message that was not intended to marginalize Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
According to three people familiar with the process, the State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy on Holocaust Issues prepared its own statement for International Holocaust Remembrance Day that, like previous statements, commemorated Jewish victims.
Instead, the White House’s own statement drew widespread criticism for overlooking the Jews’ suffering, and was cheered by neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.
A White House official said there was no ill intent, adding that the White House didn’t see State’s draft until after issuing its own statement and told State not to release its version because it came after 7 p.m. And the official said the White House didn’t ask the State Department to craft their own statement.
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Anti semite in the white house
@comment1 I assume you are referring to his Jewish from son in law or his Jewish daughter….
84298429 is ill. I apologize on it’s behalf.
That Bannon scares me. Something doesn’t smell right about him.
I’m perfectly fine Noone cares about his son in law there is no excuse for this & trump is already showing his true colors by condemning israel today for building much needed homes
Fake news
actually his aid bannon is very extreme conservative n has negative outlooks on jews
We must remember: Even with Trump as president, we are still in golus!
So this means all of their explanations have been a cover-up and more incompetence from this amateur incompetent administration
I think the statement itself does not seem to bear ill intent. And it seems like nit picking that the Holocaust was referred to as very horrible and unimaginable with sympathy for the victems and a commitment for it not to happen again. THis is more important – such as standing up to Iran and Palestinian terrorism from Hamas and the PA.
But admittedly the KKK and NEO NAZIS seem Emboldened by Pres Trumps election and anti Jewish acts have greatly increased across America since the election. In response we need to be very clear and direct to let these maggots know the President is against their Nazi like ideology and will ensure Americans of all faiths will have nothing to fear.
84298429,
Did you say the same about his predecessor
Knowing your comments I think not
Btw there was an interesting article in the yated last week about his father