Biden slammed for comparing illegal aliens to Jews fleeing Nazis: 'Shameful and out of touch'

Critics took aim at President Biden for comparing asylum-seeking immigrants to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.

"What a disgusting and awful statement from this ignoramus, and the corrupt media are silent," conservative commentator Mark Levin said on Twitter Friday in reaction to Biden's remarks.

Biden's comments came in response to a reporter Thursday, who asked the president whether he believed migration is a human right.

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"Well, I think it is a human right if your family is being persecuted," Biden responded. "I thought it was a human right for, you know, Jews in Germany to be able to go — to get to escape and get help where they could."

But some were quick to point out that many seeking asylum or illegally crossing the border are not innocent victims.

"Biden just compared illegal aliens—lawbreakers who have been found to be terrorists, drug dealers, and bad actors—to Jews fleeing Germany during the Holocaust. Not even remotely the same situation," Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on Twitter Thursday. "This kind of mindset prevents us from legitimately securing our border."

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Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., shared similar sentiment, calling Biden's comments "shameful and out of touch."

"Border patrol has apprehended terrorists, cartels, drug smugglers and human traffickers at the border," Tenney said on Twitter Thursday. "Biden’s disgusting comparison between his illegal immigration surge and Jews fleeing Nazi Germany is shameful and out of touch."

The controversial comparison comes as Biden is set to the southern border Sunday, the first such trip of his presidency despite southern border encounters being at an all-time high. Ahead of the trip, Biden announced an expansion to a pandemic-era program that gives border agents the ability to turn away migrants who illegally cross the border.

"My message is this," Biden said. "If you're trying to leave Cuba, Nicaragua or Haiti, you have a — and we — or have agreed to begin a journey to America, do not — do not just show up at the border. Stay where you are and apply legally from there."

82-year-old Walmart employee retires after viral TikTok video raises over $100,000 on GoFundMe

An 82-year-old Navy veteran working at a Maryland Walmart has retired thanks to an interaction with a customer that went viral on social media.

Butch Marion officially retired from his job on Wednesday weeks after a Walmart customer walked into the store and filmed the 82-year-old veteran ringing up items in the checkout line and posted the video on TikTok which raised over $100,000 for Marion, WTTG-TV reported.

That customer, bug extermination business owner Rory McCarty, had seen a previous TikTok video where a woman went into a Walmart and filmed an elderly employee bagging groceries and raised money for that employee by posting the video online.

McCarty, wanting to do a similar good deed on TikTok, filmed a video of himself explaining the TikTok trend he had seen to Marion and then posted that video on TikTok.

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The video was seen over 2 million times on social media and a GoFundMe was formed to raise money for Marion which raised $108,000 all of which was presented to Marion in the form of a large check on Wednesday. 

"I feel like a new man," Marion told WTTG-TV. "This is just unreal."

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Marion, a father and grandfather, had a job at General Motors but retired so he could help take care of his ex-wife’s husband. When the husband passed away, Marion took care of his ex-wife and then returned to work when she passed away. 

Marion said he will pay off bills, relax at home, and use the money to travel to Florida for a 3-week trip to see his daughters and grandchildren that he hasn’t hugged in years.

"Bird out of a cage," Marion said.

McCarty acknowledged that he "just never dreamed this would happen."

"I’m just so excited for him," he said.