Mary Miller for saying Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler 'was right about one thing' during a January rally. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unequivocally condemns any leader trying to advance a position by claiming Adolf Hitler was “right.” Adolf Hitler’s Germany plunged Europe into the most destructive event in human history, World War II and the Holocaust resulting in the genocide of six million European Jews. CHICAGO (CBS) A City Council committee on Monday unanimously condemned newly-elected U.S. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum released a statement as well: Miller will apologize for her comment and attend any of the countless Holocaust education programs available including ours at Illini Hillel.” Hillel at the University of Illinois has done extensive work to create and provide educational programming about the Holocaust and the atrocities led by Hitler against mankind. “Praising Adolf Hitler is an affront to every American WWII veteran and Holocaust victim. ( JTA) Mary Miller, a newly elected Republican representative from Illinois, told a crowd of protesters that Hitler was right on one thing. “To choose to highlight remarks of Adolf Hitler, one of the most notorious monsters and perpetrators of genocide in human history, I think is inappropriate and insensitive.”Įrez Cohen, director of the University of Illinois Hillel, released the following statement: Representative Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, had faced condemnation and calls to resign for declaring at a rally: Hitler was right on one thing: He said, ‘Whoever has the youth, has the. “If there was a particular sentiment that the Congresswoman wanted to express, there are many other people who have expressed important ideas throughout history, and she could have chosen any number of inspirational speakers to have made a point,” Sinai Temple Rabbi Alan Cook said. Jewish community leaders have responded to Miller’s speech as well. Congressperson or any shred of dignity in her, she will do what’s right and resign.” Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, had met with its rabbinic board. The Coalition for Jewish Values said Monday that Rep. Miller has any respect left for the role of a U.S. (JTA) A freshman congresswoman who said Hitler was right on one thing during a speech just before the Capitol insurrection met Monday with a right-wing rabbinical group that defended her from calls to resign. “A sitting member of Congress who uses Hitler’s obscene methods for indoctrinating children with racism and fascism as a guidepost, igniting hate and violence, has no place in Congress. Congressperson Mary Miller (R-IL) has demonstrated an act of blatant antisemitism and disrespect to the Jewish people and all those who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Later in the day, the Illinois Legislative Jewish Caucus released the following statement:
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