In Joe the Faux Plumber’s recent campaign ad, the narrator made the following idiotic statement:

“In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated. In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1938 to 1945, 6 million Jews and 7 million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated.” Mr. Wurzelbacher, still holding the gun, ends the 40-second video by speaking directly in the camera, saying “I love America.”

Amazingly, Joe’s new PR strategy is to claim that his referencing 6 million Jews being murdered after Germany established gun control had nothing to do with the Holocaust. Here’s his mind-blowingly stupid new quote in the Toledo Blade:

“All I said was gun control was implemented, and then governments proceeded to violate human rights,” Mr. Wurzelbacher said. “Nowhere did I mention the Holocaust or was I even talking about it.”

Here’s the response from Steve Fought, campaign manager for Marcy Kaptur:

“Joe the Plumber needs to go back and watch his own stupid video,” Mr. Fought said. “He sounds like he is a stranger to personal responsibility, but he very clearly talked about what he called genocide in Armenia and the Holocaust.”

Watch the video and judge for yourself: