{"id":31112,"date":"2011-03-12T22:47:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T20:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=31112"},"modified":"2016-12-28T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T13:08:12","slug":"louie-gohmert-invokes-holocaust-while-railing-against-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/03\/12\/louie-gohmert-invokes-holocaust-while-railing-against-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Louie Gohmert Invokes Holocaust While Railing Against Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nick Wing<\/p>\n

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)<\/strong> attempted to deliver a dire warning about debt and deficits <\/strong>during a House floor address Friday. While doing so, however, he managed to spin a cautionary historical tale linking the current trend of spending to the Holocaust.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After claiming that ignoring what he depicted as the current budget crisis would cause Congress to “lose the country,” Gohmert delved into his analysis of post-World War I Germany.<\/p>\n

“And ultimately, as the country’s economy collapsed, they became so desperate, they were willing to elect a little guy with a mustache who began to blame those of Jewish origin, leading to the worst holocaust in the history of mankind,”<\/strong> Gohmert said. “What opened the door for this barbarian to take over such a proud country and lead them into this unthinkable, horrible crime against humanity?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The congressman continued: “Over six million Jewish people were killed, exterminated. Economic problems, spending too much, owing too much, trying to print money to make it up didn’t work, so they got desperate.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

While certainly an extreme reach back into history, the Texas lawmaker is familiar with predicting apocalyptic circumstances for legislation he disagrees with.<\/p>\n

According to Gohmert, the\u00a0repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” was going to\u00a0threaten America’s very existence, while the\u00a0passage of a 2009 hate crimes bill was supposed\u00a0to lead to the legalization of necrophilia, pedophilia, bestiality and perhaps even Naziism.<\/p>\n

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www.huffingtonpost.com. 11.03.2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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