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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:17 PM Aug 2016

Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks

Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving.

Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in March, is accused of bragging when he was Defense Department inspector general a decade ago that he pushed out Jewish employees.

The revelations feed two themes that his opponent Hillary Clinton has used to erode Trump’s credibility: That he is a foreign policy neophyte, and that his campaign, at times, has offended Jews and other minorities.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article96421087.html#storylink=cpy
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Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks (Original Post) oberliner Aug 2016 OP
All sorts of little nuggets at Media Matters.... asiliveandbreathe Aug 2016 #1
This guy is alleged to have said "the ovens were too small to kill six million Jews" oberliner Aug 2016 #2

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
1. All sorts of little nuggets at Media Matters....
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:22 PM
Aug 2016

Here is one - from

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/18/complete-history-donald-trumps-relationship-white-nationalist-movement/212502

Trump Adviser Retweeted An Anti-Semitic Message. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is advising Trump’s campaign and was reportedly considered as a potential running mate, shared a tweet that read, "Not anymore, Jews. Not Anymore." Flynn later apologized, claiming it “was a mistake.” [CNN.com, 7/24/16]

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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
2. This guy is alleged to have said "the ovens were too small to kill six million Jews"
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 05:26 PM
Aug 2016

That is pretty messed up.

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