“I know yesterday was a difficult time for the country, and Mary and I happened to be evacuated off the House floor together and placed for hours in a safe location. “As a newly elected member of Congress, Congresswoman Miller must understand that words matter and they have consequences,” he said in a statement. Rodney Davis, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Legislative Jewish Caucus and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others.īut instead of choosing to apologize quickly, Miller took to Twitter to double-down on the statement, saying her praise of Hitler’s plan to indoctrinate youth to create a lasing political legacy was actually “a denunciation of evil dictators’ efforts to re-educate young people and similar efforts by left-wing radicals in our country today.”Ĭongresswoman Miller's statement was a denunciation of evil dictators' efforts to re-educate young people and similar efforts by left-wing radicals in our country today.- Congresswoman Mary Miller Januĭavis said that he spoke to Miller about her comment on the House floor on Wednesday, encouraging her to think about the impact of her words as an elected leader. xWPi2u8wB3- Mark Maxwell January 6, 2021Ĭalls to apologize or resign came quickly from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Rep.
Incoming Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller didn’t slip or improvise when she quoted Hitler and praised how the murderous Nazi built his political movement by indoctrinating youth. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’” Miller faced widespread, bipartisan backlash after a video emerged earlier this week of her speaking at a Save America Rally, put on by Moms for America in which she said, “This is the battle: Hitler was right on one thing. “This dark history should never be repeated and parents should be proactive to instill what is good, true, right, and noble into their children’s hearts and minds.” “I sincerely apologize for any harm my words caused and regret using a reference to one of the most evil dictators in history to illustrate the dangers that outside influences can have on our youth,” Miller’s Friday morning statement read in part. ILLINOIS (NEXSTAR) -After initially doubling down and defending her prepared remarks earlier this week that Adolf Hitler was “right on one thing,” Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller has now issued an apology. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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