Sherrod Brown apologizes for Hitler comment
I have looked at the statement below by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), in which he was purportedly charged int eh media as having stated something politically incorrect about anti-union campaigns in America (and elsewhere). His historicism was correct in his speech. Historically, “look back at history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the first things they do? They went after the unions. Hitler didn’t want unions, Stalin didn’t want unions. Mubarak didn’t want unions.”—KAS
Sherrod Brown apologizes for Hitler comment!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0311/Sherrod_Brown_apologizes_for_Hitler_comment.html
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), under heat for invoking Adolf Hitler in talking about anti-union movements in his home state and Wisconsin, has apologized for making the comparison on the Senate floor.
“I am passionate about fighting for the middle class. Ohio’s teachers and nurses and police and firefighters are facing the loss of their collective bargaining rights, and I think that’s wrong,” Brown said. “But in speaking about this, I should not have mentioned the hostility of tyrants, like Hitler, to unions. I don’t want my mistake to distract from the critical debate in Ohio, and I apologize for it. We can “look back at history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the first things they do? They went after the unions. Hitler didn’t want unions, Stalin didn’t want unions. Mubarak didn’t want unions”…–KAS
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0311/Sherrod_Brown_apologizes_for_Hitler_comment.html
Here’s what Brown said Thursday: “I look back at history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the first things they do? They went after the unions. Hitler didn’t want unions, Stalin didn’t want unions. Mubarak didn’t want unions,” said Brown on the Senate floor Thursday.
The backlash against Brown’s comments was instantaneous, and on Friday, his office sent out the statement apologizing.
Sherrod Brown apologizes for Hitler comment!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0311/Sherrod_Brown_apologizes_for_Hitler_comment.html
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), under heat for invoking Adolf Hitler in talking about anti-union movements in his home state and Wisconsin, has apologized for making the comparison on the Senate floor.
“I am passionate about fighting for the middle class. Ohio’s teachers and nurses and police and firefighters are facing the loss of their collective bargaining rights, and I think that’s wrong,” Brown said. “But in speaking about this, I should not have mentioned the hostility of tyrants, like Hitler, to unions. I don’t want my mistake to distract from the critical debate in Ohio, and I apologize for it. We can “look back at history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the first things they do? They went after the unions. Hitler didn’t want unions, Stalin didn’t want unions. Mubarak didn’t want unions”…–KAS
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0311/Sherrod_Brown_apologizes_for_Hitler_comment.html
Here’s what Brown said Thursday: “I look back at history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the first things they do? They went after the unions. Hitler didn’t want unions, Stalin didn’t want unions. Mubarak didn’t want unions,” said Brown on the Senate floor Thursday.
The backlash against Brown’s comments was instantaneous, and on Friday, his office sent out the statement apologizing.
posted by Kevin Anthony Stoda at 6:17 AM
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