[ April 25, 2024 ]
Richard Grenell has been a singular fighter against antisemitism. The preeminent Jewish organization against antisemitism, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said this of Grenell:
https://twitter.com/simonwiesenthal/status/1341605388630691840?s=20
No US Ambassador posted to Berlin in recent history has done more to combat anti-Semitism in Germany, from neo-Nazis to Islamists linked to Iran and #Hezbollah than Richard Grenell
.Story continues below advertisement‘Disgraceful Slur’: Democrat Activist Slammed for Attacking Trump Holocaust Memorial Council Appointee
By Patrick Goodenough | CNS News December 23, 2020 |
(CNSNews.com) – The head of a Jewish Democratic organization sparked a firestorm on Twitter on Monday after she accused a prominent Republican appointed by President Trump to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council of having “emboldened actual neo-Nazis.”
The charge directed by Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) CEO Halie Soifer at Trump ally Richard Grenell prompted strong reactions from supporters who pointed to his record.
As ambassador to Germany – from May 2018 until last June – Grenell spoke out repeatedly against anti-Semitism, was credited for helping to secure the deportation from the U.S. of a Nazi fugitive, pressed Germany and other E.U. governments to adopt a stronger stance against Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy terrorist group in Lebanon, and at a rally in Geneva last year lashed the U.N. Human Rights Council for persistently singling out Israel.
Grenell also periodically upset his hosts by scorning European outreach to the regime in Iran, some of whose leaders deny the Holocaust and have called for an end to the Jewish state.
In her accusatory tweet, however, Soifer – a former national security advisor to Sen. Kamala Harris – pointed to a controversy that erupted briefly in mid-2018 after Grenell was quoted by Breitbart London as saying that wants to “empower” conservative leaders in Europe.
“Today, Trump appointed Richard Grenell to the Holocaust Memorial Council,” Soifer tweeted. “As US Amb to Germany, Grenell sought to ‘empower’ far-right parties & anti-establishment conservatives in Europe. Others have been unqualified, but he’s emboldened actual neo-Nazis.”
(In his remarks at the time, Grenell said, “I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.” Amid criticism from some quarters in Germany and the U.S., he tweeted, “The idea that I’d endorse candidates/parties is ridiculous. I stand by my comments that we are experiencing an awakening from the silent majority – those who reject the elites & their bubble. Led by Trump.”)
Reacting to Soifer’s tweet, Omri Ceren, national security advisor to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former managing director at The Israel Project, called it “a disgraceful slur of Grenell, who cares passionately about the well-being and security of the Jewish people.”
Others on Twitter drew attention to Grenell’s involvement in bringing to an end a long legal battle over the deportation from the U.S. of Jakiw Palij, a 95-year-old former Nazi SS labor camp guard.
When Palij was deported in August 2018, the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) commended Grenell, saying he had made the matter “a diplomatic priority.”
Grenell at the time gave credit to Trump, saying the president’s “instructions were clear and his leadership crucial” in getting the deportation done.
Zionist Organization of America president Morton Klein, who was born to Holocaust survivors in a displaced persons’ camp in Bavaria shortly after the war, came out in support of Grenell’s appointment, calling him “a great Zionist & strong advocate for
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16 Comments
3 years ago
A Biden Ambassador wouldn’t do near what Grenell has done. Quite the opposite, I’m sure.
3 years ago
Reply to
Bill
A Harris Ambassador would probaly join Nazis in condeming Israeli “occupation”.
3 years ago
Evil person, bearing false witness. Sucks to be her.
3 years ago
A democrat anti-semite? What else is new?
3 years ago
During the late, election campaign Richard Grenell visited Milwaukee twice in a week and he was one of the best speakers I ever heard. He particularly emphasized how Trump was bringing peace and recognition form the Gulf states towqards Israel as well as Serbia a Kosovo (which didn’t get as much publicity).
the fact that Soifer is very connected to Kamala Harris and endorsed by CNN is all you need to know. She’s a Democrat hack.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/opinions/biden-only-decent-choice-2020-election-soifer/index.html
3 years ago
To the left, anyone who isn’t all in for open borders and an end to western civilization is a “Nazi.”
3 years ago
I wouldnt be surprised if The Left started calling Mr Grenell Homophobic… Because he supports President Trump..
3 years ago
Leftist, self hating Jews are our own worst enemy. Wake up, people, the democrat party is the party of hate, hating the constitutional republic that we live in, and, hating Israel and the Jewish people.
3 years ago
I will be interested to see where Life take Amb. Grenell next, because he’s such an amazing – and, indeed, interesting! – individual!! He’s a gay man who totally supports Trump and is a wonderful example of a political Conservative serving in a public office and being so straightforward about his principled positions! I hope that we haven’t heard the last of Richard Grenell!!
3 years ago
These people are grasping at straws and showing their true colors. Disgusting to criticize Grenell in such a manor. They must be jealous of all the Peace Treaties being signed
3 years ago
No surprise here. Leftists typically are the very thing they accuse others of. Not to worry. BLM and other Marxist orgs will turn on their feckless Jewish supporters. It’s inevitable.
3 years ago
The Bible teaches us not to hate. However it does say I can’t dislike to the extreme. these DemonRats are so hate filled they are willing to destroy and murder their way into power just like the Nazi’s and Communists. They are desperate to destroy a man who is on the verge of bringing Peace to the world at least for a short time. No others during my life time has been or been willing to do it. it is all about being a supremacists or elitist if you will. They call me a white supremacist and racist. i think not. They need to look in the mirror.
