Actor Alec Baldwin said that President Donald Trump should be buried “in a Nazi graveyard” in a November 16 tweet from his foundation.
The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation, the account which Baldwin called for his followers to follow him at, tweeted: “Bury Trump in a Nazi graveyard and put a swastika on his grave. The majority of Americans made the right choice. Trump is a maniac.”
https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/1328107093111558144?s=20
Jewish groups denounced the tweet.
“The Nazis murdered 11 million people, including 6 millions Jews,” the Stop Antisemitism.org watchdog tweeted. “Please stop sanitizing the atrocities of the Holocaust and [World War II] to justify your political viewpoint.”
Hi Alec,
Just a quick reminder. The Nazis murdered 11 million people, including 6 millions Jews.
Please stop sanitizing the atrocities of the Holocaust and WW2 to justify your political viewpoint. https://t.co/wQLrSrvY0b
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 16, 2020
Bryan Leib, chairman of the recently formed organization for Jewish millennials HaShevet, tweeted that Baldwin “is a national disgrace” and asked, “Is this the unity you are calling for @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer?”
#AlecBaldwin is a national disgrace!!! Please see below for a tweet from his foundation calling for President Trump to be buried in a Nazi graveyard and to put a swastika on his grave.
Is this the unity you are calling for @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer? https://t.co/cUe5BP6LYM
— Bryan E. Leib (@BryanLeibFL) November 16, 2020
The Washington Examiner noted that in February, the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation tweeted, “You wonder how Hitler took control of a once great country. For those of you too young to recall the War or its aftermath, simply watch how this GOP-controlled Senate behaves. Their sniveling fealty and lack of courage. And you begin to get it.”
https://twitter.com/ABFalecbaldwin/status/1227946723269652481
Baldwin has become known for his impersonation of Trump on Saturday Night Live, although Baldwin has expressed disdain for doing that impersonation.
