{"id":1755876,"date":"2022-11-29T19:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755876"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:18:01","slug":"top-republican-party-leaders-speak-out-about-trumps-meeting-with-holocaust-denier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-party-leaders-speak-out-about-trumps-meeting-with-holocaust-denier\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Republican Party Leaders Speak Out About Trump\u2019s Meeting With Holocaust Denier"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-republican-party-leaders-speak-out-about-trumps-meeting-with-holocaust-denier%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spoke out against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> recent meeting with known anti-Semites, including one who is a Holocaust denier.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from the two leaders come after Trump hosted rapper Kanye \u201cYe\u201d West, who has gone on multiple anti-Semitic tirades in recent months, last week for dinner at Mar-a-Lago. West brought <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1196604409607794688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1196604409607794688&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1669487223000000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3G1yjarbpmc95ag2rvj4O9\">white supremacist and Holocaust denier<\/a>\u00a0Nick Fuentes to the meeting and, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-meets-with-white-supremacist-and-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes-trump-denies-knowing-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to West<\/a>, Trump was \u201creally impressed with Nick Fuentes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has since issued several statements on the matter, claiming that he did not know who Fuentes was at the time, but he did not condemn Fuentes\u2019 views, which the media has asked Republicans about in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes,\u201d McCarthy said in giving a forceful denouncement of Fuentes. \u201cHe has no place in this Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy noted the multiple statements that Trump has released on the matter and mistakenly said that Trump had condemned Fuentes\u2019 views.<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter had pointed out that Trump has not condemned Fuentes\u2019 views, McCarthy responded, \u201cWell I condemn his ideology, it has no place in society at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes. He has no place in this Republican Party\u2026I condemn his ideology,\u201d House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy says after former Pres. Trump\u2019s dinner with the white nationalist. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fh40NHXrBU\">https:\/\/t.co\/fh40NHXrBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kvcfVsp0CM\">pic.twitter.com\/kvcfVsp0CM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1597639842472534018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConnell responded to the dinner by telling the media Tuesday afternoon, \u201cThere is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States,\u201d McConnell added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McConnell also wouldn&#8217;t say whether he would support Donald Trump if the former president wins the Republican nomination in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/chpNbAZMn4\">https:\/\/t.co\/chpNbAZMn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1597711737897172992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to McConnell\u2019s remarks in an interview with Fox News by calling him \u201ca loser for our nation and for the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never heard of the man \u2014 I had no idea what his views were, and they weren\u2019t expressed at the table in our very quick dinner, or it wouldn\u2019t have been accepted,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Democrats should \u201ccondemn Antifa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-fires-back-loser-mcconnell-says-fuentes-views-werent-expressed-wouldnt-have-been-accepted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that he wouldn\u2019t have \u201caccepted\u201d Fuentes\u2019 views, he did not explicitly condemn his views anywhere in the article and it\u2019s not clear based on the article whether he was even asked if he condemned Fuentes\u2019 views.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did, however, tout his strong pro-Israel policies during his time as president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody has to prove or be defensive of me and Israel,\u201d Trump told said. \u201cThey have acknowledged that I\u2019m the best friend and president to Israel. I gave them the embassy in Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the historic Abraham Accords bringing peace to the Middle East, withdrawal from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, appointing a special envoy to combat the scourge of antisemitism, moving the American embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights, President Trump always has been and continues to be the closest friend and ally to the Jewish people and the state of Israel,\u201d a Trump adviser added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pence-calls-on-trump-to-apologize-for-dining-with-holocaust-denier-at-mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pence Calls On Trump To \u2018Apologize For\u2019 Dining With Holocaust Denier At Mar-A-Lago<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spoke out against former President Donald Trump\u2019s recent meeting with known anti-Semites, including one who is a Holocaust denier. The remarks from the two leaders come after Trump hosted rapper Kanye \u201cYe\u201d West, who has gone on multiple anti-Semitic tirades in recent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1755879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1755879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}