Ayesha Rascoe
By Ayesha Rascoe
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News Sean Spicer Admits ‘Inappropriate’ To Say Hitler Was Better Than Syria’s Assad
White House spokesman Sean Spicer triggered an uproar on Tuesday by saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons. He apologized after his comments drew immediate criticism on social media and elsewhere for overlooking the fact that millions of Jews were killed in Nazi gas chambers. Spicer made the assertion at a daily news briefing,…
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News Donald Trump Calls For End To ‘Horrible’ Anti-Semitism — At Last
President Donald Trump delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States on Tuesday after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centers around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery. Several of the centers were evacuated for a time on Monday after receiving the threats, the JCC…
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