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‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally,’ Trump antisemitism envoy says in refuting Walz’s ICE comparison

JL;DR SUMMARY In a controversial exchange, Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, President Trump's antisemitism envoy, criticized Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for likening the fear experienced by children hiding from U.S. immigration raids to Anne Frank's wartime experience. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Anne FrankImmigrationJewish LeadersHolocaust EducationHolocaust Memorial MuseumTim WalzHolocaust AnalogiesIceYehuda Kaploun

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"reported set to leave the city, and a judge has ordered acting ICE director Todd Lyons to appear in federal court. Pressure also continues to mount on other officials including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trumps Jewish far-right immigration advisor Stephen Miller."
Minnesota, United States
"The remarks by Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the antisemitism envoy nominated by President Trump, that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law added fuel to an ongoing debate over the appropriateness of modern-day comparisons to the Holocaust. Other Jewish leaders have mobilized in force against immigration agents in the state."
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
"remarks by Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the antisemitism envoy nominated by President Trump, that Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law added fuel to an ongoing debate over the appropriateness of modern-day comparisons to the Holocaust."

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