Posted on 11/14/20
| News Source: Algemeiner
CNN anchorwoman Christiane Amanpour raised eyebrows on Thursday when she marked the 82nd anniversary of “Kristallnacht” — the November 1938 pogroms targeting Jews in Germany and Austria — by appearing to liken the values of the Nazis to those of US President Donald Trump.
“This week, 82 years ago, Kristallnacht happened,” Amanpour said. “It was the Nazis’ warning shot across the bow of our human civilization that led to genocide against a whole identity.”
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“And, in that tower of burning books, it led to an attack on fact, knowledge, history, and truth,” she continued. “After four years of a modern-day assault on those same values by Donald Trump, the Biden/Harris team pledges a return to norms.”
This is @camanpour on @CNN comparing Trump’s tenure to Nazi Germany. How the hell is this sort of prejudice tolerated on mainstream media?
— Ben Habib (@benhabib6) November 12, 2020
Third rate rubbish. pic.twitter.com/EG9eB9vQWo
Amanpour’s remarks were met with widespread derision on social media.
The Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) called her words “despicable.” Read more at Algemeiner