Group wants Donald Trump Jr. to apologize over 'gas chamber' remark
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}July 19, 2016: Donald Trump, Jr., son of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Donald Trump's oldest son to apologize for making what appeared to be a Holocaust-themed joke. (The Associated Press)
The Anti-Defamation League called on Donald Trump's eldest son to apologize Thursday for making a Holocaust reference during a radio interview.
Appearing on a Philadelphia radio station, Donald Trump Jr. accused the Democratic National Committee of rigging the party's primary system with the media's tacit approval.
"They’ve let [Hillary Clinton] slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every DNC game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of this thing," Trump Jr. said. "If Republicans were doing that, they’d be warming up the gas chamber right now."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The ADL, an international anti-Semitism organization, tweeted Thursday that "trivialization of the Holocaust and gas chamber is NEVER ok."
.@DonaldJTrumpJr: We hope you understand the sensitivity and hurt of making Holocaust jokes. We hope you retract.https://t.co/jL2ZC9Z8pH
— ADL (@ADL_National) September 15, 2016
There has been no immediate response from the Trump campaign.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.