NY congressional candidate Carl Paladino stokes outrage with praise for Adolf Hitler

[Kamaji]

NY congressional candidate Carl Paladino stokes outrage with praise for Adolf Hitler

By Zach Williams
June 9, 2022

Controversial New York congressional candidate Carl Paladino faces fresh criticism for his remarks praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and comparing recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas to a so-called “false flag operation.”

“That’s the kind of leader we need today. We need somebody inspirational. We need somebody that is a doer, has been there and done it,” Paladino said in a radio interview unearthed by the liberal watchdog Media Matters Wednesday, referring to Hitler, who is responsible for the mass extermination of 11 million people in Europe including 6 million Jews.

The revelation of the incendiary remark about a man who oversaw the murder of millions of Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, POWs and others during World War II follows a June 1 social media post shared by Paladino that suggested recent mass shootings were done at the behest of shadowy government agents.

“In almost every mass shooting including the most recent horrific Buffalo Tops Market & the Texas school shootings, there are strange occurrences that are never fully explained,” read the now-deleted lengthy June 1 Facebook post to his account, according to Media Matters.

Paladino announced his congressional campaign just two days later amid the national debate on gun control following a series of mass shootings.

The right-wing firebrand blamed the missive, which he would later say was written by a friend, on a staffer before claiming that he had forgotten about posting it himself.

“Any implication that I support Hitler or any of the sick and disgusting actions of the Nazi regime is a new low for the media. The context of my statement was in regards to something I heard on the radio from someone else and was repeating, I understand that invoking Hitler in any context is a serious mistake and rightfully upsets people. I strongly condemn the murderous atrocities committed against the Jewish people by Hitler and the Nazis,” Paladino told The Post on Thursday.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/06/09/congressional-candidate-carl-paladino-faces-controversy-with-past-hitler-praise-and-fb-post-on-buffalo-massacre/

[Kamaji]

And he'll be dropping out in 3, 2, .....

[PeteS in CA]

The best construction I can put on that bit of idiocy is that he cluelessly said something stupid, got handed a clue, and is trying to go full-weasel. His political career is likely to be brief.