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ADL Urges Donald Trump to Reconsider "America First" in Foreign Policy Approach
ADL ^ | April 28, 2016

Posted on 04/29/2016 6:53:14 AM PDT by VitacoreVision

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged presidential candidate Donald Trump to reconsider his use of the phrase “America First” as a slogan describing his approach to foreign affairs, citing its anti-Semitic use in the months before Pearl Harbor by a group of prominent Americans seeking to keep the nation out of World War II.

The most noteworthy leader of the “America First Committee” was Charles Lindbergh, who sympathized with the Nazis and whose rhetoric was characterized by anti-Semitism and offensive stereotypes, including assertions that Jews posed a threat to the U.S. because of their influence in motion pictures, radio, the press, and the government.

“The undercurrents of anti-Semitism and bigotry that characterized the America First movement – including the assumption that Jews who opposed the movement had their own agenda and were not acting in America’s best interest – is fortunately not a major concern today,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “However, for many Americans, the term ‘America First’ will always be associated with and tainted by this history. In a political season that already has prompted a national conversation about civility and tolerance, choosing a call to action historically associated with incivility and intolerance seems ill-advised.”

In a letter to Mr. Trump, ADL urged him to refrain from using the slogan in the future.

As a 501(c) (3) organization, ADL does not support or oppose candidates for public office.


TOPICS: Israel; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; adl; americafirst; antisemitism; donaldtrump; election2016; jews; newyork; trump
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To: VitacoreVision
The Pharisees are so scared of Trump removing their power over the sheeple, they are still as rabid as they were in the days Christ walked the earth in the flesh. Trump is the only candidate who will put America first rather than the Zionist first doctrines the sheeple have blindly followed. Not all Zionist interests are in the best interest of America
21 posted on 04/29/2016 7:04:59 AM PDT by patlin ("Knowledgee chosen to participate inthat is - 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: VitacoreVision

So I suppose the creator of the first America First foreign policy, George Washington, is offensive to ADL.

No to PC and the crybullies!


22 posted on 04/29/2016 7:05:16 AM PDT by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: VitacoreVision; All

Merle Haggard has a great song America First — Trump should adopt it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodJB1tRNVE


23 posted on 04/29/2016 7:05:33 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: VitacoreVision

If ADL doesn’t like the word “America” and “First” in the same sentence, they can go to HELL!


24 posted on 04/29/2016 7:06:54 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: eyeamok

B T T T ! ! ! ©

25 posted on 04/29/2016 7:07:31 AM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: VitacoreVision

the last four presidents did not put America first and we can all now see and are feeling the cost of those kind of presidents. I don’t care if a monkey is in the WH as long as it puts the US first and foremost in everything.


26 posted on 04/29/2016 7:08:30 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: VitacoreVision

ADL to The Donald: “Use NWO-friendly language so us pantywaists aren’t intimidated by American exceptionalism.”

Donald J. to ADL: “No.”


27 posted on 04/29/2016 7:09:36 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: VitacoreVision

Gee, it would seem that the ADL must be controlled by J Street.


28 posted on 04/29/2016 7:09:38 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Gaffer

Both organizations are run by neo-Marxist globalists.


29 posted on 04/29/2016 7:10:45 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: VitacoreVision

Screw it. Trump has the strongest stance against ISIS and other genocidal Muslims who want to mass murder Jews and other infidels. Look to the future, not the past, and stop trying to make important free speech taboo.

America First!


30 posted on 04/29/2016 7:11:58 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: drypowder; All

“...as long as it puts the US first and foremost in everything”

And let’s take a long hard look at foreign aid — If there is public animus against the US, let the MFers hate us for free...


31 posted on 04/29/2016 7:14:34 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: eyeamok

And George Soros.


32 posted on 04/29/2016 7:15:05 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: VitacoreVision

effoff ADL


33 posted on 04/29/2016 7:16:49 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: VitacoreVision

34 posted on 04/29/2016 7:19:33 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I wonder what the ADL’s stance is with relation to the Left’s Anti-Israel stance going on decades?

Crickets I bet.......


35 posted on 04/29/2016 7:23:28 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (God is a racist! Get over it snowflakes. Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Romans 9:13-15)
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To: VitacoreVision

ADL, ACLU, CAIR, NAACP, NOW, GLSEN, NEA — FYA.
You are all bad for America.


36 posted on 04/29/2016 7:24:22 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: VitacoreVision

More of Limbaugh’s poison to tip the media to associate Trump supporters with Nazi sympathizers.

FU Limbaugh! And your brother too!


37 posted on 04/29/2016 7:26:24 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Gaffer

More like the NAACP for Jewish people.


38 posted on 04/29/2016 7:30:27 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: VitacoreVision

I, too, cringed a bit when I heard the phrase “America First”, because I am a passionate student of History, especially the WW2 Era, and that is what came to mind.

But then I thought about it. Indeed, I would WANT the President of my Country to consider my country FIRST when making decisions. The present occupant of the Oval Office is doing the exact opposite, and has been since his first year and the “Apology Tour”. The “Lyin’ King” hates America, and ALWAYS considers “America LAST” in his decision and policy making.

I hate it when perfectly good language and symbols are co-opted by evil people. The most egregious of these is, of course, the RAINBOW, which used to be a symbol of hope, optimism, and originated as a symbol of God’s Covenant with Noah. The swastika was originally a Tibetan Good Luck symbol, the five-pointed star and the Cross originally symbols of Christianity. The Six-Pointed Star, instantly recognized as the Star of David, is also used as a “Hexagram” for satanist rituals.

He who controls the language controls the argument. “Gay” used to mean “Happy and Carefree”. “Diverse” used to mean division. “Tolerance” used to mean that one would “put up with something that one did not necessarily endorse”.

Maybe it’s time to reclaim our words, our language, our symbols, and our dignity.

(Oh, and “Dignity” is yet ANOTHER word they have stolen! It used to mean exactly what I am talking about, NOT “euthanasia!”)


39 posted on 04/29/2016 7:31:10 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: VitacoreVision

The ADL’s a far left organization - they should be ignored...


40 posted on 04/29/2016 7:32:12 AM PDT by GOPJ (Under Cruz every home will have a basketball ring, football net and a hockey glove- Willie Robertson)
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