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One of Trump's most vocal black supporters seemed to defend Hitler in a recent speech
Source: Washington Post
One of Trump’s most vocal black supporters seemed to defend Hitler in a recent speech
“If Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine,” Candace Owens told a London audience. “The problem is that he wanted, he had dreams outside of Germany."
By Eugene Scott
February 8 at 4:22 PM
There aren’t too many black Americans willing to vouch for President Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda. And those who do often find themselves in hot water, even on diversity issues.
The latest example is Candace Owens. She is one of the president’s best-known black supporters. The 29-year-old activist and social media aficionado regularly appears on Fox News imploring black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. She counts hip-hop artist Kanye West among her fans.
Owens’s name was trending on Twitter Friday after a clip of her sharing her thoughts on Adolf Hitler went viral.
At a December event in London, Owens said:
“I actually don’t have any problems at all with the word ‘nationalism.' I think that the definition gets poisoned by elitists that actually want globalism. Globalism is what I don’t want, so when you think about whenever we say nationalism, the first thing people think about, at least in America, is Hitler."
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“If Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay, fine,” Candace Owens told a London audience. “The problem is that he wanted, he had dreams outside of Germany."
By Eugene Scott
February 8 at 4:22 PM
There aren’t too many black Americans willing to vouch for President Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda. And those who do often find themselves in hot water, even on diversity issues.
The latest example is Candace Owens. She is one of the president’s best-known black supporters. The 29-year-old activist and social media aficionado regularly appears on Fox News imploring black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. She counts hip-hop artist Kanye West among her fans.
Owens’s name was trending on Twitter Friday after a clip of her sharing her thoughts on Adolf Hitler went viral.
At a December event in London, Owens said:
“I actually don’t have any problems at all with the word ‘nationalism.' I think that the definition gets poisoned by elitists that actually want globalism. Globalism is what I don’t want, so when you think about whenever we say nationalism, the first thing people think about, at least in America, is Hitler."
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/08/one-trumps-most-vocal-black-supporters-seemed-defend-hitler-recent-speech/
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Also: Candace Owens: 'If Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well — OK, fine' (The Hill)
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Source: USA Today
After backlash, conservative pundit Candace Owens clarifies viral Hitler comment
Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 10:11 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2019
Conservative pundit and speaker Candace Owens has responded to criticism of recently unearthed remarks she made late last year commenting on Hitler while defending the term nationalism.
A clip of her answer posted to Twitter has been viewed more than two million times. Many on social media have criticized a portion of her answer in which Owens comments, "if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay fine."
On Friday, Owens dismissed the controversy and blamed "Leftist journalists" for mischaracterizing her comments.
Hitler was "a homicidal, psychotic maniac" and there is "no excuse or defense ever for ... everything that he did," she clarified.
Her comments were meant to show that Hitler was not a nationalist, she said. Hitler did not put Germans first; he "was putting German Jews into concentration camps and murdering — he was a mass murderer," she said.
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Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 10:11 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2019
Conservative pundit and speaker Candace Owens has responded to criticism of recently unearthed remarks she made late last year commenting on Hitler while defending the term nationalism.
A clip of her answer posted to Twitter has been viewed more than two million times. Many on social media have criticized a portion of her answer in which Owens comments, "if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, okay fine."
On Friday, Owens dismissed the controversy and blamed "Leftist journalists" for mischaracterizing her comments.
Hitler was "a homicidal, psychotic maniac" and there is "no excuse or defense ever for ... everything that he did," she clarified.
Her comments were meant to show that Hitler was not a nationalist, she said. Hitler did not put Germans first; he "was putting German Jews into concentration camps and murdering — he was a mass murderer," she said.
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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/08/candace-owens-clarifies-hitler-nationalism-remark-after-backlash/2818679002/
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I think "nitwit" fits her to a tee. 
