Lawmaker Who Compared Obamacare To Holocaust: You're Missing My Point

CATHERINE THOMPSON – MAY 6, 2014, 7:58 AM EDT

The Tennessee lawmaker who compared Obamacare's individual mandate to Nazis deporting Jews to concentration camps thinks his critics missed the point.

State Sen. Stacey Campfield (R) caused a stir Monday morning when he wrote on his personal blog that "Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign ups for Obamacare is like Germans bragging about the number of manditory sign ups for "train rides" for Jews in the 40s."

In a follow-up post on his blog, Campfield wrote later Monday that his intentions were misconstrued.

"I regret that some people miss the point of my post. It was not to offend. It was to warn," he explained. "To draw attention to Obamacare and the slippery slope that I see occurring in the lives of myself, my constituents, and the rest of the country with the continued taking of freedom by the federal government."

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