{"id":2557364,"date":"2026-01-29T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires-8\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:49:55","slug":"dem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Governor&#8217;s Attempt to Frame JD Vance&#8217;s Holocaust Remembrance Day Post as Anti-Semitic Backfires"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires-8%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=2557364&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>The article reports that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh shapiro criticized Vice president J.D. Vance for not explicitly naming \u201cJews\u201d or \u201cNazis\u201d in a Holocaust Remembrance Day post, while pointing out that Shapiro himself has posted Holocaust- and Yom HaShoah-related messages that likewise did not use those specific words. Vance\u2019s post, shared Jan. 27, 2026, recalled the millions lost and included photos from Dachau; Shapiro accused him of downplaying nazi responsibility.Critics, including White House deputy communications director Alex Pfeiffer and Vance\u2019s spokesperson, called out Shapiro\u2019s apparent hypocrisy by posting screenshots of his prior statements that mentioned \u201cantisemitism\u201d or referenced William Penn but not \u201cJews\u201d or \u201cNazis.\u201d The piece frames the exchange as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires-5\/\" title=\"Dem ...&#039;s Attempt to Frame ...&#039;s ... as Anti-Semitic Backfires\">early political sparring ahead<\/a> of 2028, argues the episode could harm Shapiro\u2019s prospects if he seeks national office, and expresses hope the Holocaust will stop being treated as a partisan issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hypocrites rarely acknowledge, let alone repent of, their own hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania undoubtedly will prove no different.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/josh-shapiro-accuses-jd-vance-giving-comfort-right-wing-antisemitism-rcna256261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, Shapiro said in an interview Tuesday that Vice President J.D. Vance deserves criticism for failing to use the specific words &ldquo;Jews&rdquo; and &ldquo;Nazis&rdquo; in a Holocaust Remembrance Day post on the social media platform X, prompting X users, including a member of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s communications team, to remind Shapiro that his own words on the occasion hardly differed from the vice president&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Part of never forgetting is making sure that the facts of what happened are recited, are remembered,&rdquo; the governor said. &ldquo;The fact that JD Vance couldn&rsquo;t bring himself to [acknowledge] that 6 million Jews were killed by Hitler and by the Nazis speaks volumes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, only Shapiro&rsquo;s hypocritical silliness &ldquo;speaks volumes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >humans create beautiful things<\/a> and are full of compassion, we&rsquo;re also capable of unspeakable brutality. And we promise never again to go down the darkest path,&rdquo; Vance wrote Tuesday on X.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-play-the-blame-game-after-harris-flop-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats play the blame game after Harris flop - Washington Examiner\">vice president failed<\/a> to mention Nazis by name? Four pictures of Vance and his wife, Usha, at what remains of Nazi Germany&rsquo;s Dachau concentration camp accompanied the post. If Shapiro and his ilk wish to interpret that as obscuring the Nazis&rsquo; responsibility for the Holocaust, more power to them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2UwFcy4Kmp\">pic.twitter.com\/2UwFcy4Kmp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/2016223471307784539?\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the governor&rsquo;s own words made the matter worse. White House Principal Deputy Communications Director Alex Pfeiffer brought receipts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wow,&rdquo; Pfeiffer wrote on X. &ldquo;Josh Shapiro must be really offended by his statements issued this year and last year, neither of which mentioned &lsquo;Jews.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying screenshots showed Shapiro&rsquo;s X posts marking two recent Holocaust Remembrance Days.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, for instance, the governor authored a post that mentioned neither Jews nor Nazis (though it did mention &ldquo;antisemitism&rdquo;).<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, on Apr. 24, Shapiro marked Yom HaShoah &mdash; Holocaust Remembrance Day on the Hebrew calendar &mdash; by mentioning Pennsylvania founder William Penn, but not Jews or Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>William Penn did bring religious liberty to Pennsylvania. But did he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governors-attempt-to-frame-jd-vances-holocaust-remembrance-day-post-as-anti-semitic-backfires\/\" title=\"Dem ...&#039;s Attempt to Frame ...&#039;s ... as Anti-Semitic Backfires\">merit mentioning ahead<\/a> of Jews and Nazis on Holocaust Remembrance Day?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow. Josh Shapiro must be really offended by his statements issued this year and last year, neither of which mentioned &ldquo;Jews.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GULJDhvuO\">https:\/\/t.co\/8GULJDhvuO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bppKcnZpp6\">pic.twitter.com\/bppKcnZpp6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Pfeiffer (@AlexPfeiffer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPfeiffer\/status\/2016709813632225434?\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, one cannot escape the impression that all of this amounts to pre-2028 sparring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After he faced criticism for not mentioning Jews in his post on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Josh Shapiro desperately tried to shift blame to the Vice President,&rdquo; a Vance spokesperson told Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire. &ldquo;This is next level hypocritical deflection from Shapiro, a misguided plea for attention from a political lightweight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Josh Shapiro is suggesting JD Vance is antisemitic for posting about Holocaust Remembrance Day without specifically mentioning the Jews. The thing is&hellip;Shapiro did the exact same thing. Two years in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Vance spox tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?\">@realDailyWire<\/a>: &ldquo;After he faced criticism for not&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/daWpAEhxNk\">https:\/\/t.co\/daWpAEhxNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/2016720788913611134?\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Shapiro&rsquo;s status as a &ldquo;political lightweight&rdquo; remains untested on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, if the governor manages to win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, he will have to do better than this.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, Shapiro will not defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-analyst-jd-vance-dominating-2028-gop-field-not-even-close\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> &mdash; assuming the latter wins the GOP nomination &mdash; in a contest of words.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, presidential politics aside, Shapiro&rsquo;s comments reeked of a hypocrisy sure to alienate voters.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, let us hope that by 2028, whatever malignant forces have made the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/holocaust-survivor-dies-hero-australia-forcing-way-wife-mass-murderers-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holocaust<\/a> a modern political issue will lose all relevance.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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