Trump condemns Holocaust deniers
President will ‘always stand with the Jewish people.’
WA S H I N GTO N — P l e d g - ing to confront anti-Semitism in all its forms and to “never be silent,” President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced as accomplices to “horrible evil” anyone who denies that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
In a speech marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, Trump also pledged that as president he will “always stand with the Jewish people.”
Trump spoke at a U.S. Capitol ceremony hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to mark the unveiling of a new conservation and research center.
The center will serve as a repository for a vast collection of artifacts by those who survived Adolf Hitler’s massacre of Jews during World War II.
Members o f C o n g re s s and Holocaust survivors — whose strength and courage Trump said was an inspiration — attended the emotional event in the Rotunda, the center of the Capitol.
Survivors lit candles at the end of the ceremony.
“T h o s e who d e ny t h e Holocaust are an accomplice to this horrible evil and we’ll never be silent. We j u s t won’t , ” Tr u mp said. “We will never, ever be silent in the face of evil again.”
Trump said Holoc aust denial is a form of “dangerous anti-Semitism that continues all around the world” and that can be seen on university campuses, in attacks on Jewish communities “or when aggressors threaten Israel with total and complete destruction.”
“This is my pledge to you: We will confront anti-Semitism,” he said. “We will stamp out prejudice, we will condemn hatred, we will bear witness and we will act.
“A s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e United States, I will always stand with the Jewish people and I will always stand with our great friend and partner, the state of Israel.”
Addressing survivors in attendance at the Capitol, Trump called each one a “beacon of light.”
“It only takes one light to illuminate even the darkest space, just like it takes only truth to crush a thousand lies and one hero to change the course of history,” he said. “We know that in the end good will triumph over evil and that as long as we refuse to close our eyes or to silence our voices, we know that justice will ultimately prevail.”