President Donald Trump has dismissed some members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, the White House confirmed on April 30.
“President Trump looks forward to appointing new individuals who will not only continue to honor the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust, but who are also steadfast supporters of the State of Israel,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Epoch Times in an email.
Doug Emhoff, the former second gentleman, said in a statement that he was among the members who were dismissed.
“Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” Emhoff wrote on social media platform X. “To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous—and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve.”…