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Fri Aug 10, 2018, 10:17 PM Aug 2018

Colorado Republican Party calls Jewish, gay politician a 'Brownshirt' Nazi

some days I would like to punch someones lights out. yes, that is violent. Maybe I will just put a bunch of banana peelings in their routes.





Colorado Republican Party calls Jewish, gay politician a ‘Brownshirt’ Nazi

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/08/colorado-republican-party-calls-jewish-gay-politician-brownshirt-nazi/

By Alex Bollinger ·
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Facebook post from Jefferson County Republicans
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In a post to Facebook on August 1, the Jefferson County, Colorado, Republican Party made a joke about Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) being a Brownshirt – an informal name for a member of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary, which was known for their violence against opposing parties and minorities, like Jews and gay men.


Polis is Jewish. And gay.

“Jared Polis has a new club ‘How to Be A Brown Shirt for Fun & Profit,” the post said, along with an image of Polis wearing a brown shirt.




Facebook post from Jefferson County RepublicansFacebook screenshot via Times Recorder



The Jefferson County Republicans like to call Democrats Nazis. Just last month, County Party Chair Joe Webb compared Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) to a Nazi.

“Things work out for the best when we disagree with each other respectfully,” he wrote, before he proceeded to disagree with Waters disrespectfully.


“The Nazis example should teach Dems like Maxine Waters one thing. Today’s button pushers can become tomorrow’s targets. The Brown Shirts (SA) harassed others until Hitler did away with them in the Night of the Long Knives. When one group is unsafe then no one is safe. We should not tolerate this sort of behavior in America.”.............................................

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