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Mitch McConnell: ‘Anyone Meeting’ with Individuals with Anti-Semitic Views ‘Highly Unlikely’ to be Elected President

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared to throw shade at former President Donald Trump this week, asserting that anyone who meets with those who hold anti-semitic or white supremacist views are “unlikely” to be elected president — a likely reference to Trump’s dinner with Kanye West and with an unexpected guest — a Holocaust denier named Nick Fuentes.

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Backlash as Holocaust Museum Features George Floyd Exhibit

In a shocking parallel, a Florida-based Holocaust museum now features an exhibit commemorating George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers in May and whose death set off a series of violent riots throughout the US.

The inscription Holocaust is seen at the Holocaust Memorial Center, first central Europe's Holocaust museum, in Budapest on April 16, 2019 prior to the Holocaust memorial day. - April 16 marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Hungarian Holocaust during which some 600,000 Jewish Hungarians were deported to …

Investigators: Fire at U. of Delaware Jewish Student Center Was Arson

Investigators stated this week that a fire set at the University of Delaware’s Chabad Center for Jewish Life was set intentionally. Although the local fire marshal has yet to declare that the fire is a hate crime, the state has launched an ongoing arson investigation. The fire, which burned for 45 minutes before it was extinguished, caused approximately $75,000 worth of damage.

University of Delaware Jewish Center Fire