A woman lights a candle during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at the U.S. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)A statement from President Trump marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day omitted any mention of Jews or anti-Semitism, an apparent oversight that marks a departure from recent bipartisan precedent set by previous presidents. The statement calls for remembrance of “victims, survivors and heroes,” but nowhere does it mention the millions of Jewish people killed during the Holocaust nor does it mention the ideology of anti-Semitism that led to the killings. Former president Barack Obama’s statements on the day noted the “6 million Jews and millions of other people” who were killed by Nazis. “It’s outrageous that people are using Holocaust Remembrance Day for partisan reasons or to try and settle scores,” Brown said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 18:45 UTC