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Trayon White Sr.'s Trip to the Holocaust Museum Went as Badly as You Might Expect
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 21, 2018 07:02pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | David Brennan |
| Media | Magazine - Newsweek |
| News Date | Friday, April 20, 2018 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington, D.C., lawmaker Trayon White Sr. visited the city’s Holocaust Museum Wednesday, in an apparent effort to atone for recent accusations that Jews control the weather, the World Bank and the federal government.
The Democratic councilman's effort to mend ties with the local Jewish community went about as well as you would imagine, with White making an insensitive gaffe before leaving early and standing outside on the sidewalk, baffling the tour guide and rabbi accompanying him, the Washington Post reported.
Following snowy weather in March, White posted a video on his Facebook page claiming that the “Rothschilds” control the climate to “create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities.” After national backlash, White was forced to apologize. A second video soon emerged in which White declared that the Rothschilds “control the World Bank,” and that “they really pretty much control the federal government” too.
Clearly, he had a lot of work to do to get the local Jewish community back on side. White had already attended a Passover Seder and a bagels-and-lox breakfast with local Jewish leaders, and decided that an outing to the D.C. Holocaust Museum with his staff would be a good next step.
The museum, located just off the Mall, was opened in 1993 and hosted over a million visitors in 2016. With Holocaust Remembrance day marked nationwide this past Sunday, this week was a good opportunity for White to continue his penance and address his apparent misunderstanding of Jewish society and history. Unfortunately, the visit didn’t go entirely to plan. |
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