Congressman’s Office Defaced with a Swastika

Aaron Keyak — August 12, 2009 – 10:27 am | Abusive Holocaust Rhetoric | Congress | Democrats | Domestic Policy | Health Care Comments (0) Add a comment

Representative David Scott’s (D-GA) office was defaced with a horrifying swastika. Scott said that this act “reflects an increasingly hateful and racist debate over health care and should remind people to tone down their rhetoric.” Obviously, this type of rhetoric is unacceptable. Click here to view the photo of the Representative’s office sign where the swastika was painted.

Here’s an excerpt from the Associated Press:

Scott’s staff arrived at his Smyrna, Ga., office Tuesday morning to find the Nazi graffiti emblazoned on a sign bearing the lawmaker’s name. The vandalism occurred roughly a week after Scott was involved in a confrontational argument over health care at a community meeting. [...]

“We have got to make sure that the symbol of the swastika does not win, that the racial hatred that’s bubbling up does not win this debate,” Scott said in a telephone interview. “There’s so much hatred out there for President (Barack) Obama.”

A moderate Democrat who represents a majority-white district near Atlanta, Scott said he thinks the racism is isolated but can’t be ignored. He said the swastika probably was intended as a warning. He hopes it instead persuades reasonable people to maintain a more substantive debate over health care changes.

“We must not allow it to intimidate us,” he said.

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