Rep. Israel Denounces Vile Hate Tweet from Rep. Weber Desecrating Holocaust Victims

Statement

Today, Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) denounced the vile tweet posted by Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) last night. Rep. Weber wrote, "Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for the right reasons."

Israel said, "Rep. Weber's tweet is vile and stoops to a new low level by desecrating the victims of the Holocaust to make a political point. At a time when we should be coming together in the wake of the attacks in Paris, Rep. Weber turned instead to hate. While I, too, disagree with the President's absence in Paris, there is a proper way to express that disagreement, unlike Rep. Weber's tweet. I call on all Members of Congress to immediately condemn this language, and I demand that Rep. Weber apologize for his complete lack of judgment. In the wake of the controversy surrounding Majority Whip Steve Scalise's (R-LA) speech at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders in 2002, Rep. Webster's tweet is evident of a disturbing trend of hate emanating from House Republicans."

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