Wednesday, July 05, 2017 10:27:07 PM
GOP Rep. Retracts Video Promoting U.S. Military From Auschwitz Gas Chambers
Tom Williams/CQPHO
By Nicole Lafond Published July 5, 2017 5:07 pm
Following criticism from officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland about a video he filmed inside the gas chambers at Auschwitz, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) retracted his video Wednesday. He said in a statement that his intent was to “offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz” and remind viewers that “evil exists.”
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“I filmed the Auschwitz message with great humility. My intent was to offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz and to remind the world that evil exists, that free nations must remember, and stand strong.
“However, my message has caused pain to some whom I love and respect. For that, my own heart feels sorrow. Out of respect to any who may feel that my video posting was wrong or caused pain, I have retracted my video.
“The atrocities that happened at Auschwitz were truly despicable, and we must never let history repeat itself in such a way. I have always stood with Israel and all Jewish people, and I always will. We live in a dangerous world, and massive forces of evil do indeed yet exist. We must all stand united against those evils. My Auschwitz video has been removed, and my sincere apology for any unintended pain is extended.”
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Museum officials took to Twitter Tuesday to speak out against the Congressman and his video, saying the former gas chambers are meant to be observed with “mournful silence” and that the site of the gruesome murders is “not a stage.”
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Auschwitz Memorial
@AuschwitzMuseum
Everyone has the right to personal reflections. However, inside a
former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a
stage. https://twitter.com/NewOrleansON/status/882209989913444352
10:32 PM - 4 Jul 2017
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The video that was published to YouTube Saturday — and has since been removed — shows Higgins filming himself inside the gas chambers at Auschwitz .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-congressman-criticized-for-auschwitz-gas-chamber-video .. as he explains how people were killed there during the Holocaust and said the deaths at Nazi concentration camps are why “homeland security must be squared away” and why the U.S. military “must be invincible.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-retracts-video-promoting-military-from-auschwitz
Some people just don't get that empathy thing.
Aside:
Report: Trump Patron’s Fund Bought Millions Worth Of Shares In Time, Inc.
Richard Drew/AP
By Matt Shuham Published July 5, 2017 1:16 pm
Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund of influential Trump supporter Robert Mercer, bought nearly 2.5 million shares of Time Inc. in the first quarter of 2017, the New York Post first reported Tuesday night, citing a regulatory filing.
Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer, are well-known in conservative circles for their strong financial support for Trump, in addition to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others. The Mercers are also part owners of Breitbart, the far-right news and commentary website from which Trump has hired many members of his administration.
Renaissance Technologies’ investment in Time Inc. — which publishes Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, and a host of other titles — was valued at $48.1 million on March 31, according to the filing. .. with links .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/renaissance-technologies-time-inc
Tom Williams/CQPHO
By Nicole Lafond Published July 5, 2017 5:07 pm
Following criticism from officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland about a video he filmed inside the gas chambers at Auschwitz, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) retracted his video Wednesday. He said in a statement that his intent was to “offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz” and remind viewers that “evil exists.”
--
“I filmed the Auschwitz message with great humility. My intent was to offer a reverent homage to those who were murdered in Auschwitz and to remind the world that evil exists, that free nations must remember, and stand strong.
“However, my message has caused pain to some whom I love and respect. For that, my own heart feels sorrow. Out of respect to any who may feel that my video posting was wrong or caused pain, I have retracted my video.
“The atrocities that happened at Auschwitz were truly despicable, and we must never let history repeat itself in such a way. I have always stood with Israel and all Jewish people, and I always will. We live in a dangerous world, and massive forces of evil do indeed yet exist. We must all stand united against those evils. My Auschwitz video has been removed, and my sincere apology for any unintended pain is extended.”
--
Museum officials took to Twitter Tuesday to speak out against the Congressman and his video, saying the former gas chambers are meant to be observed with “mournful silence” and that the site of the gruesome murders is “not a stage.”
-
Auschwitz Memorial
@AuschwitzMuseum
Everyone has the right to personal reflections. However, inside a
former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a
stage. https://twitter.com/NewOrleansON/status/882209989913444352
10:32 PM - 4 Jul 2017
-
The video that was published to YouTube Saturday — and has since been removed — shows Higgins filming himself inside the gas chambers at Auschwitz .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-congressman-criticized-for-auschwitz-gas-chamber-video .. as he explains how people were killed there during the Holocaust and said the deaths at Nazi concentration camps are why “homeland security must be squared away” and why the U.S. military “must be invincible.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-retracts-video-promoting-military-from-auschwitz
Some people just don't get that empathy thing.
Aside:
Report: Trump Patron’s Fund Bought Millions Worth Of Shares In Time, Inc.
Richard Drew/AP
By Matt Shuham Published July 5, 2017 1:16 pm
Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund of influential Trump supporter Robert Mercer, bought nearly 2.5 million shares of Time Inc. in the first quarter of 2017, the New York Post first reported Tuesday night, citing a regulatory filing.
Mercer and his daughter, Rebekah Mercer, are well-known in conservative circles for their strong financial support for Trump, in addition to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others. The Mercers are also part owners of Breitbart, the far-right news and commentary website from which Trump has hired many members of his administration.
Renaissance Technologies’ investment in Time Inc. — which publishes Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, and a host of other titles — was valued at $48.1 million on March 31, according to the filing. .. with links .. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/renaissance-technologies-time-inc
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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