Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski, 94, condemned Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris for likening her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
In a video released by Trump’s campaign on Friday, Wartski, a former Auschwitz-Birkenau prisoner and current honorary president of the Israel Heritage Foundation (IHF), called Harris’s remarks “the worst thing I have ever heard in my 75 years living in the US.”
He urged Harris to apologise to Holocaust victims, stating that her comments displayed a deep insensitivity toward the memory of those lost under Hitler’s regime.
Wartski’s strong rebuke followed statements made by Harris earlier this week, where she described Trump as “a fascist” and cited remarks allegedly made by Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, claiming that Trump had privately praised Hitler.
Trump’s team has firmly denied these claims, and Wartski argued that Harris’s words were a grave misrepresentation.
“I know more about Hitler than [Harris] will ever know in a thousand lifetimes,” Wartski said, noting his parents and most of his family were murdered by the Nazis. “She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology for repeating this lie.”
As tensions rise in the final weeks of the presidential campaign, Wartski encouraged Jewish voters to support Trump, whom he described as a long-time ally of Jewish communities and a strong supporter of Israel.
Trump, meanwhile, has dismissed Harris’s statements as a last-ditch desperate effort in the face of a surge in support for the former president.
NEW: Holocaust survivor Jerry Warstki shreds Kamala Harris, says her comparing Trump to H*tler is the “worst thing” he has heard in his 75 years of living in the U.S.
“H*tler invaded Poland when I was 9. He m*rdered my parents & most my family,” the 94-year-old said.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 25, 2024
Anyone who buys into the holocaust bedtime story under a tattoo skin lamp has got as much brains as a box full of rocks