AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
See More Stories
Republicans Reject Signature Bush Law
House Committee Advances Immigration Bill Over Dem Objections
John Boehner to Appear at Rally With Candidate Who Dressed as Nazi
Boehner, an Ohioan, has donated $7,000 to Iott's campaign against Rep. Marcy Kaptur and is scheduled to appear at a rally with him on Sunday in Toledo, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday. A spokesman for Boehner's Freedom Project PAC said his appearance is aimed at supporting "the local Republican Party's get-out-the-vote efforts." The aide, Don Seymour, told the newspaper that Boehner "has been on the road headlining rallies for Republican candidates in Ohio and across the country . . . and he'll continue his busy campaign schedule."
But Boehner's willingness to stand with Iott distances him from his second-in-command, Minority Whip Eric Cantor, who has denounced Iott and said he could "not support a candidate that would do something like that." Iott, who has left the reenactment group, said he participated in exercises depicting SS battles against the Red Army solely for historical purposes.The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee jumped on the news of Boehner's plans to attend the rally. "John Boehner's stubborn embrace of this Nazi enthusiast insults the memory of the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust and our nation's veterans who sacrificed to defend our freedom," the DCCC said in a statement.
Kaptur is favored to win reelection to a 15th term on Tuesday.
Our New Approach to Comments
Add a Comment
The Dems have no shame. This was a historical reinactment. He also dressed as a U.S. WWII paratrooper. Strange they didn't bother to mention that...
October 29 2010 at 1:09 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyAnd i guess the hollicost never happened either? Shame on you for being so nearsighted and narrowminded. They are counting on people like you to regain their power, so they can continue to ask you to bend over and cough.
November 11 2010 at 6:56 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyObama is finished. Next he will be impeached!!
October 28 2010 at 9:32 PM Report abuse Permalink -5 rate up rate down ReplyWL Mario--don't count ur chickens before they're hatched. You Republican right winger's are living the pipe dream for now...let's see who you nominate for your party's candidate, first. If it's Sarah Palin--Obama will be in for 4 more years.
November 11 2010 at 6:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBoehner will push for impeachment. That would put him very close to the Presidency.
October 28 2010 at 8:10 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down ReplyBoehner promises to end Healthcare Reform and allow the insurance companies to charge whatever they want, and deny whoever they want. The small business tax credit for HCR will end also. This is apparently what the republican Tea Party wants. Do you agree with them?
October 28 2010 at 8:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBoehner and McConnell are promising to shut down government immediately if they don't get what they want. It doesn't matter. If they GET what they want, they will shut down government. In fact, the government will shut down just based on their policy.
October 28 2010 at 8:06 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyHaving a fringe right wing lunatic as speaker should scare he daylights out of you. He wants to return to Bushonomics and Bush Healthcare.
October 28 2010 at 8:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDidn't Tom Cruise dress up like a nazi for Valkre, it was a movie, this was a re enactment, liberals do you know what a reenactment is? It's like a play, understand, wow.
October 28 2010 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replyits a choice..you dont get PAID for it...like a play?..Mel Brooks did a "play"...watch The Producers...that's how ridiculous this man Iott is...a farce...understand that...
October 28 2010 at 8:17 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyTom Cruise gets paid to act. The candidate individually chose to dress in a uniform despised and feared throuout the world. Maybe to someone biased, there is no difference.
October 29 2010 at 9:04 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyAs a point of information, this group is different from the Civil War reenactments etc. They ONLY dress up as Nazis and call themselves the Vikings in honor of a particular Waffen-SS Unit.
October 28 2010 at 4:35 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyI looked them up too ziegler21wp. Like you I discovered they were not just re-enacting wars but, instead glorifying a group that at best could be described as traitors who joined the Nazis to help them invade their own homelands. Disgusting, isn't it?
October 28 2010 at 6:17 PM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down ReplyI am not sure if using the words "in honor of" should be used when referring to Nazis
October 28 2010 at 6:27 PM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down ReplyAol always trying to start somethin, it isn't going to help you guys at this point, the polls are heading for a GOP sweep, blame Obama and Pelosi and leave Boehner alone he didn't do anything.
October 28 2010 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink -6 rate up rate down ReplyI'd rather blame the bought-out media, the multiple conservative radio stations that spread nothing but hate and lies and the completely false accusations by the leading Republicans like Palin, Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity that the actually-right-wing media seems to love to put on TV every thirty seconds.
October 28 2010 at 6:22 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down ReplyOld news. Who cares.
October 28 2010 at 4:21 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyI care. It shows an astonishing lack of common sense on Representative Boehner's part.
October 28 2010 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink +8 rate up rate down Reply
Discover inspiring videos on TEDWomen where people are reshaping our future with ideas.
View the Video »Health Care - Iraq - Afghanistan - Obama's Presidency - Immigration - Islam - Gay Rights - Marijuana
Follow Politics Daily
Politics Home Page : Roll Call
News From Our Partners
- James Gandolfini, gone too soon
- James Gandolfini dead at 51
- Bernanke: Fed could scale back bond buys
- “Ex-gay” Christian group to LGBT people: We’re sorry
- Los Angeles school system to outfit all students with iPads
- More Stories »
- Obama to Tackle Climate Change— Without Congress
- John Oliver Takes on WWE's Immigration Heel
- Why Democrats Should Become Republicans
- ObamaCare Blowing Deadlines
- GOP Senator No. 3 Endorses Gay Marriage
- More Stories »
- When massive, destabilizing, violent protests are a good thing
- The newest salesman for ObamaCare: LeBron James?
- Every 4.1 seconds someone becomes a refugee
- Obama's plan to slash America's nuclear arsenal: The 3 biggest barriers
- Is it time to stop looking for Jimmy Hoffa?
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics
20 Comments