NRCC removes tweet comparing Pelosi to Hilter

[jefferson_dem]

NRCC removes tweet comparing Pelosi to Hilter
Posted: October 13th, 2009 05:20 PM ET

From CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric Kuhn


The NRCC tweet before it was removed.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The National Republican Congressional Committee has removed a tweet Tuesday that linked to a video comparing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Adolf Hilter.

The tweet, send out Tuesday morning on their official Twitter account, read: "Funny Video: Moonbattery: Hitler Reacts to ObamaCare Maneuvers http://bit.ly/2mOvZ7 #Pelosi". It comes the same day the NRCC released a petition on their site to "Fire Nancy Pelosi."

The tweet immediately drew strong criticism from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "House Republicans have gone way too far. The NRCC's despicable promotion of a video comparing Speaker Pelosi's effort to reform health insurance in America to Adolf Hitler's extermination of millions is a shocking new low that must be condemned," said DCCC spokeswoman Jennifer Crider. "Republican Leader John Boehner should order NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions to immediately remove this vile Tweet and apologize."

NRCC spokesman John Randall said Tuesday the group had made a mistake. "We obviously made an error in linking to this video and it has been taken down," said Randall.

This tweet comes on the heels of a controversial NRCC statement last week that called on Gen. Stanley McChrystal to "put in her place" on the topic of Afghanistan.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/13/nrcc-removes-tweet-comparing-pelosi-to-hilter/

[high density]

1. Comparing her with HItler?

Did CNN even watch the video? I'm going to guess no.

[jefferson_dem]

2. The tweet included the "#pelosi" hashtag.

Why do that unless they were trying to relate her to the content in the video?

[high density]

3. Hitler likes Pelosi in the clip

Even with that, I don't see how the clip "compares" her to Hitler.

[AspenRose]

4. What is it with their Hitler obsession?

[Jennicut]

7. I have no idea....somehow you would think these jerks would look at a history textbook

and read what Nazism really is. It is not disagreeing with your political opponent. Has Pelosi chased down any Repub and put them in gas chambers, ghettos, or had them die in front of firing squads? Geez, it makes me so angry. And I have Jewish relatives who lived through this. It is way disrespectful to what really happened there.

[demosincebirth]

5. Wonder why they know so much about nazi's and Hitler

[zbdent]

6. Repugs put the "Twit" in Twitter ...