Pastor Robert Jeffress, who has said Jews are going to hell, leads a prayer at the opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem. Jeffress, who has a long history of making antisemitic, racist, and Islamophobic statements, is a member of Trump's Evangelical Advisory Board and White House Faith Initiative.
Read MoreTrump tweets out an article from a website that publishes and promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories. The article, which was an "accomplishment list" of Trump's time in office thus far, came from magapill.com, which has claimed that "certain bloodlines" have corrupted banking, and published a flow-chart meant to demonstrate Jewish influence in the industry.
Read MoreRep. Steve King (R-IA) tweets an article arguing that people have a “Christian duty” to stop “Soros’ plan” to bring migrants into Europe and America.
Read MoreRep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) suggests the participants in the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August may have been organized by an “Obama sympathizer” and funded by George Soros, whom Gosar accused of having “turned in his own people to the Nazis.” Both statements are categorically untrue.
Read More“Their networks generally lead back to one George Soros, as you know,” Washington State Republican legislator Matt Shea claims about Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and immigrant justice groups, before going on to suggest that Soros should be prosecuted.
Read MoreTrump refers to the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville as “very fine people,” and equates their violence with the self-defense measures taken by counter-protestors.
Read MoreHundreds of white nationalists, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis march in Charlottesville, VA, for the Unite The Right pre-rally. They carry torches, chant “Jews will not replace us,” and other Nazi slogans, violently attack counter-protestors, and surround a local synagogue while community members hide inside. The next day, a neo-Nazi drives his car through a crowd of counter-protestors, murdering Heather Heyer and injuring dozens.
Read MoreThen-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says “Hitler didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” a lie that ignores the use of gas chambers to murder Jews during the Holocaust. When asked to clarify, he added that Hitler was not using gas on “his own people,” then referred to concentration camps as “Holocaust Centers,” and implied that the Jewish victims were not “innocent people.”
Read MoreRep. Steve King (R-IA) tweets, “Culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” He then goes on CNN and doubled down on his racist comments, adding “I’d like to see an America that's just so homogeneous that we look a lot the same.”
Read MoreTrump hires Sebastian Gorka as his Deputy Assistant, a high-level position. Gorka has strong ties to a far-right Hungarian group, Vitézi Rend, which collaborated with the Nazis.
Read More
