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But why? I don't understand the significance of the "omission".

It's not as if they were "celebrating" the Holocaust from a Nazi, or neo-Nazi perspective.

Anyone who knows what the Holocaust was, knows that it was Jews who were murdered - and they know that "Holocaust Remembrance Day" is in remembrance of those murdered Jews.

The White House statement seems reverent and appropriate.

Or, have I missed something?

Jim

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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.”

Trump's order banning entry from many countries, including war refugees, not including any countries that have committed terrorist acts on American soil as far as I can tell, was done on the same day.

For some, this brings up memories of this country's refusal to allow in Jewish refugees from Hitler. Japan got us into the war, not Nazi atrocities.

Bannon is an anti-Semite to put it mildly. Bannon is the most powerful person in the White House. 2 + 2 still equals 4, whatever Trump or some Republican apologist says about it.