Trump ousts Biden-era Holocaust Council members including Doug Emhoff
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President Donald Trump
has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden's nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council - among them Doug Emhoff, the Jewish husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris and a leading figure in the Biden administration's campaign against
antisemitism
.
Emhoff, who played a key role in shaping the White House's approach to combatting hate, condemned the decision: 'Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicised.'
He added, 'To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous - and it dishonours the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve.'
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff listen as President Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in at the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's 14th Street entrance.
Credit: Timothy Hursley/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Also removed were Ron Klain, Biden's former chief of staff, and Susan Rice, who spearheaded the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism in 2023 during her tenure as domestic policy adviser. Anthony Bernal, a senior adviser to former First Lady Jill Biden, confirmed he, too, had been dismissed.
Since taking office in January, Trump has moved to fire many Biden appointees across government - including ostensibly apolitical roles. Biden, too, while on a far smaller scale, dismissed some Trump carryover appointees after he entered the White House in 2021, including 18 appointees to U.S. military academy boards.
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