Tell the US Holocaust Museum: Uninvite Trump from Days of Remembrance Ceremony

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has invited President Donald Trump to deliver the keynote address at its annual Days of Remembrance (DOR) ceremony on Tuesday, April 25th.

The decision to entrust President Trump -- who has willingly invited antisemites and white nationalists into his inner circle -- to lead our nation’s remembrance of the Holocaust is outrageous. The Trump White House traffics in the very kind of extreme nationalism espoused by those who carried out the Holocaust.

USHMM cannot provide Trump with a chance to establish his moral credibility using the Holocaust. This is an affront to the dead, to the survivors, and their descendants.

In their previous statements on the Holocaust, Trump and his surrogates have spread neo-Nazi talking points. In an earlier Holocaust Remembrance Day speech, the White House made no reference to Jews. Sean Spicer, Trump’s press secretary, claimed that Adolf Hitler had not gassed “his own people.” More than simply revealing Spicer's ignorance, the comment reflects the Trump Administration’s view of minorities and who belongs in America.  

For Trump, there are those who are “true” Americans and those who are not. As Jews, we know the danger of such distinctions.

The Jewish community must not stand silent while the USHMM invites Trump to lecture the nation about the Holocaust and remembrance.  We cannot allow this man to exploit the history of Jewish suffering for his own twisted morality play. In his anti-refugee, anti-immigrant policies, Trump has shown what he thinks of the Holocaust and its lessons. His disregard of them could not be more clear.

Join us in demanding that the US Holocaust Memorial Museum rescind this invitation.

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The decision to entrust President Trump -- who has willingly invited antisemites and white nationalists into his inner circle -- to lead our nation’s remembrance of the Holocaust is outrageous. The Trump White House traffics in the very kind of extreme nationalism espoused by those who carried out the Holocaust.

USHMM, univite President Trump from giving the keynote at your Days of Remembrance Ceremony. You must not give Trump a chance to establish his moral credibility.