By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:35 GMT, 7 March 2019 | Updated: 02:36 GMT, 7 March 2019
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A Labor candidate has been forced to apologise for comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and describing Sydney radio broadcaster Alan Jones as an 'old dog'.
Katie Gompertz, who is running in the state seat of Hornsby on Sydney's Upper North Shore, issued a statement after being caught on Twitter likening the American President to the Holocaust, which killed six million Jews.
'I am sorry for posting offensive material and deeply regret doing so,' she said on Thursday morning.
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Labor candidate Katie Gompertz (right with Opposition Leader Michael Daley) has been forced to apologise for comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and describing Sydney radio broadcaster Alan Jones as an 'old dog'
'I am particularly sorry for offending survivors of the Holocaust.'
She added the Hebrew term for the Holocaust to admit her wrongdoing.
'No one should use comparisons to the Shoah. I was wrong,' she said.
In 2016, Ms Gompertz tweeted images of Time magazine covers of Hitler
