Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor faced widespread criticism this weekend after posting social media language that critics said closely resembled slogans historically associated with Nazi propaganda, prompting renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration’s messaging across federal agencies.
On Saturday, the department shared a post reading, “One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American,” accompanied by a video featuring patriotic imagery and a statue of George Washington layered over war-era visuals. Multiple historians, journalists, and political commentators quickly noted the similarity to the Nazi slogan “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer,” which translates to “One People, One Nation, One Leader.”
The post followed a pattern of recent messaging from the Department of Labor emphasizing U.S.-born Americans. In December, the agency repeatedly promoted claims that all net job growth during President Donald Trump’s second term went to American-born citizens, at times amplifying headlines from Breitbart. Economists and fact-checkers, including NBC News, have described those claims as misleading due to broader labor market dynamics and data limitations.
The department has also drawn attention for posting religious content, including a Bible verse on Christmas Eve, and for promoting rhetoric that places nationalism above global economic cooperation. Separately, the administration has used the Labor Department to support tighter restrictions on H-1B visas, arguing the policy protects American workers, despite evidence that the visas primarily cover specialized jobs with limited domestic labor supply.
Civil rights organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, have warned that similar nationalist imagery has appeared in recruitment materials from other federal agencies, raising concerns about the normalization of extremist-adjacent rhetoric in official government communications.
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