Joe the Plumber Says Comment About 6M Jews Killed Between 1938 and 1945 in Germany Wasn’t About the Holocaust
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: