Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, could not defend President Joe Biden’s use of the debunked “fine people hoax” against former President Donald Trump when asked about it after a White House “unity summit” on Thursday.
Joel B. Pollakis the false claim that Trump referred to neo-Nazis at a riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 as “very fine people.” In fact, Trump said neo-Nazis should be “condemned totally,” distinguishing them from peaceful protesters on both sides of the issue of the removal of a Confederate statue. The hoax has been publicly debunked, but Biden continues to use it.
Greenblatt and the ADL participated in this week’s “unity summit” at the White House, at which Biden targeted the so-called “MAGA Republicans,” lumping them together with violent hate groups, including neo-Nazis.
Greenblatt did not dispute that Biden’s claims of Charlottesville were wrong, but said they were justified because of other things that Trump was alleged to have done, which Greenblatt blamed for a climate of violent extremism and hate in general: If President Trump had been able to say, clearly and consistently — not just in the minutes after Charlottesville, but in the days in the weeks, in the month, in the years, to call out David Duke when given the chance, to not say “stand back and stand by” to the Proud Boys when given a chance to condemn them, to not tweet out antisemitic memes whether they are directed at Hillary Clinton or the press or anyone else, to call out the “Great Replacement Theory” — I could go on and on and on and on...
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