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  • 2020-12-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Lou Holtz Praise Hitler as a Great Leader? (en)
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  • On Dec. 3, 2020, former college football coach and television analyst Lou Holtz was awarded the Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Donald Trump during a ceremony in the Oval Office. CNN reported: As Holtz was being honored for this award, some social media users noted that he had once praised the leadership of Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler: Holtz truly did once say that Hitler was a great leader. The comment was made during a 2008 broadcast on the ESPN show GameDay. Holtz was discussing the leadership of Michigan's head coach Rich Rodriguez when he said: Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too. We have not been able to find a video of this remark. A contemporary article from the New York Daily News, however, noted that Holtz' walked back his comment after he was prompted by one of his co-analysts. Sun, Oct 19, 2008 – 60 · Daily News (New York, New York) · Newspapers.com The New York Daily News wrote: Holtz also issued an apology for the remark, saying: Holtz truly did once say that Hitler was a great leader. The football coach may have misspoken, however, and later issued an apology for the remark. (en)
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