Mary Miller apologized for saying Hitler was right during a rally in Washington DC on Tuesday
I sincerely apologize for any harm my words caused and regret using a reference to one of the most evil dictators in history , she said
But she accused critics of using her words to mean something antithetical to my beliefs
The remarks came during Miller s third day in office after being sworn in Sunday
Her remarks quickly drew criticism from fellow Illinois politicians and Jewish groups around the country with calls to resign
Miller is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump and received his endorsement
Despite mounting calls for Mary Miller to resign, the lawmaker took to Twitter to defend her statements at pro-Trump rally in D.C., which Illinois governor dubbed 'unfathomable and disgusting'
Screenshot WASHINGTON Comments freshman Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., made at a pro-Trump rally about how “Hitler was right on one thing,” referring to influencing youths, were met with condemnation and a call from Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., on Wednesday for her to resign.
The Holocaust genocide is a singular, non-comparable event in human history, and Miller is being condemned, by among others, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Adolf Hitler’s Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and with collaborators in other nations, murdered six million Jews and others Roma, or Gypsies; homosexuals, political opponents, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled and some from Slavic countries.
Amid the chaos that unfolded at the Capitol Wednesday, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum spoke out against newly elected Rep. Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, who invoked Adolf Hitler at at a rally.
“Hitler was right on one thing.” Miller said to those gathered at the so-called Moms for America rally on Tuesday. “Whoever has the youth has the future,”
The museum released a statement saying it unequivocally condemns any leader trying to advance a position by claiming Adolf Hitler was ‘right.’”
The statement also quoted an Auschwitz survivor, Irene Weiss.
“Adolf Hitler, the Nazis, and their collaborators murdered almost every member of my family, destroyed my entire community, and ended a centuries-old culture,” Weiss said. “I implore our leaders and all Americans not to misuse this history my history. It minimizes the evil that was Nazism, dishonors the memory of the victims, and pains the survivors. We should be learning from history, not expl
Freshman U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois drew swift criticism from fellow Republicans Wednesday for quoting Adolf Hitler in a speech a day earlier outside the U.S. Capitol.