Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?
An election year already notable for its menagerie of extreme and unusual candidates can add another one:Rich Iott, the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio’s 9th District, and a Tea Party favorite, who for years donned a German Waffen SS uniform and participated in Nazi re-enactments.
Iott, whose district lies in Northwest Ohio, was involved with a group that calls itself Wiking, whose members are devoted to re-enacting the exploits of an actual Nazi division, the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, which fought mainly on the Eastern Front during World War II. Iott’s participation in the Wiking group is not mentioned on his campaign’s website, and his name and photographs were removed from the Wiking website.
So what? He’s not a “Nazi re-enactor”, he’s a WWII nerd. He dresses as a German when he does it. If I could afford it and knew of people around where I live that do it, I would be doing the same exact thing.
Let’s not try to over-react now, folks.
(via robot-heart-politics)
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So what? He’s not a “Nazi re-enactor”, he’s a WWII nerd. He dresses as a German when he does it. If I could afford it...
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While I most certainly don’t agree with the politician’s views, it should be pointed out that reenactment does not...
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