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JOE THE PLUMBER ON THE HOLOCAUST
By TIM MAK
Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77591.html
June 20 2012
Ohio Congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the
Plumber," uploaded a controversial YouTube video Monday linking the
Holocaust and the Armenian genocide to gun control.
"I'm just stating the fact that history is very important - people need
to understand what happened. Different countries around the world have
tried to disarm their citizens, and then have tried to exterminate
their own now-unarmed citizens," Wurzelbacher told POLITICO, citing
Turkey, Russia and Germany as examples.
"In 1911, Turkey established gun control," Wurzelbacher says in
the video, while obliterating fruit with shotgun blasts. "From 1915
to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were
exterminated. In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939
to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend
themselves, were exterminated."
To conclude the 40-second video, he says to the camera, "I love
America."
Wurzelbacher told POLITICO he has no sympathy for those who might be
offended by his message.
"If people are looking to be offended by this video, they are probably
serving a political agenda. Unfortunately there are a lot of whiners
out there," the Ohio Republican said in an interview. "The Second
Amendment essentially allows us Americans to make sure that we keep
our rights. It's very important to make sure we sustain it."
Wurzelbacher is running against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) for a seat
in Congress.
By TIM MAK
Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77591.html
June 20 2012
Ohio Congressional candidate Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the
Plumber," uploaded a controversial YouTube video Monday linking the
Holocaust and the Armenian genocide to gun control.
"I'm just stating the fact that history is very important - people need
to understand what happened. Different countries around the world have
tried to disarm their citizens, and then have tried to exterminate
their own now-unarmed citizens," Wurzelbacher told POLITICO, citing
Turkey, Russia and Germany as examples.
"In 1911, Turkey established gun control," Wurzelbacher says in
the video, while obliterating fruit with shotgun blasts. "From 1915
to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were
exterminated. In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939
to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend
themselves, were exterminated."
To conclude the 40-second video, he says to the camera, "I love
America."
Wurzelbacher told POLITICO he has no sympathy for those who might be
offended by his message.
"If people are looking to be offended by this video, they are probably
serving a political agenda. Unfortunately there are a lot of whiners
out there," the Ohio Republican said in an interview. "The Second
Amendment essentially allows us Americans to make sure that we keep
our rights. It's very important to make sure we sustain it."
Wurzelbacher is running against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) for a seat
in Congress.