‘Please Explain or Apologize’: Anti-Defamation League Scolds Trump for Nazi Germany Remark
The Anti-Defamation League today scolded President-elect Donald Trump for his remark earlier today about Nazi Germany in reaction to “fake news” about him.
This is the comment in question:
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
In response, the ADL expressed great concern about the glibness of his language:
.@realdonaldtrump To answer your question: No, the US isn’t remotely like #Nazi Germany. pic.twitter.com/lAfU0wXtEc
— ADL (@ADL_National) January 11, 2017
.@realdonaldtrump Please explain or apologize for your remark comparing US to #Nazi Germany: https://t.co/RNH63END9T pic.twitter.com/c0jtxBGeZw
— ADL (@ADL_National) January 11, 2017
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also issued this statement:
The President-Elect’s use of Nazi Germany to make a political analogy is not only an inappropriate comparison on the merits, but it also coarsens our discourse and diminishes the horror of the Holocaust.
There are legitimate questions on all sides regarding foreign influence in the 2016 presidential race. But the United States has democratic elections, a free press, rule of law and a civil service — including our intelligence agencies — that is deeply loyal to the U.S. Constitution. These facts invalidate any analogies between America and totalitarian societies.
ADL always has maintained that glib comparisons to Nazi Germany are offensive and a trivialization of the Holocaust. We have a long record of speaking out when both Democrats and Republicans engage in such overheated rhetoric. It would be helpful for the President-Elect to explain his intentions or apologize for the remark.
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