HuffPo: “Cantor Called Upon To Repudiate Rush By Jewish Dem Group”

Aaron Keyak — August 10, 2009 – 11:46 am | Abusive Holocaust Rhetoric | Congress | GOP Hypocrisies | Obama | Republicans | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

Sam Stein of the Huffington Post wrote a front-page article featuring our call on Representative Eric Cantor (D-VA) to repudiate Rush Limbaugh’s Nazi rhetoric.

Here’s the beginning:

In the wake of comments from Rush Limbaugh equating Barack Obama to Hitler, a leading Jewish Democratic organization is calling on the House of Representatives’ lone Jewish Republican to repudiate the talk show host.

On Friday, National Jewish Democratic Council David Harris called on House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to denounce Limbaugh’s remarks. Pointing out that the Virginia Republican had said more “Limbaughs” were needed in the GOP just last week, Harris called on “Cantor and the Republican Party to condemn Limbaugh and these utterly contemptible tactics.”

“Mr. Cantor, after Rush’s website antics today and comments yesterday, do you really still think you ‘need’ Limbaugh?” his statement read.

The question wasn’t immediately answered, with Cantor currently traveling in Israel. But Harris’ statement got to a larger point: to what extent should the GOP—and, in particular, its Jewish members—be held accountable for the recent bout of Obama-Nazi comparisons?

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