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UpInArms

(51,285 posts) Thu Jan 17, 2019, 09:48 AM Jan 2019

GOP Congressmen Meet With Holocaust-Denying Troll Chuck Johnson

Source: The Daily Beast

Notorious alt-right figure and Holocaust denier Chuck Johnson met with two Republican lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday.

Johnson’s visit was first noted by a HuffPost reporter, who tweeted a picture of Reps. Andy Harris (R-MD) and Phil Roe (R-TN) walking with Johnson.

Johnson, a former Breitbart reporter, has denied the magnitude of the Holocaust, expressing doubt that gas chambers were real and questioning whether six million Jews were really killed—a figure that has been well documented by scholars and historians. He also ran crowdfunding efforts for white supremacist causes, including the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.

In statements, the lawmakers confirmed that they had met with Johnson to discuss genetic testing and DNA, but claimed they weren’t aware of Johnson’s history of making racist statements. The meeting came on the same day the House held off on a vote to censure Rep. Steve King (R-IA) for comments defending white supremacists.

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GOP Congressmen Meet With Holocaust-Denying Troll Chuck Johnson (Original Post) UpInArms Jan 2019 OP

A white supremacist makes money from gene manipulation? What could go wrong? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #1

Dumb or evil? Are Republicons too dumb or too evil to google Johnson's name? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #2

Not mutually exclusive UpInArms Jan 2019 #3

It is only proper that a representative meet with his constituency who elected them. olegramps Jan 2019 #7

What makes Johnson any more of an expert on DNA/genetic testing than he is on the Holocaust? marble falls Jan 2019 #4

Phil Roe is a KKK wannabe Farmer-Rick Jan 2019 #5

I mean seriously angrychair Jan 2019 #6

So let me see if I understand this. Firestorm49 Jan 2019 #8

I believe you understand it .... exactly UpInArms Jan 2019 #9

This is the face canetoad Jan 2019 #10

+1. Who is financing him? dalton99a Jan 2019 #11

Oh my UpInArms Jan 2019 #12

Simple denial will not cover everything. Only a fellow monster would speak with this trash. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2019 #13

They are monsters, Judy Lynn UpInArms Jan 2019 #14

idiots oldsoftie Jan 2019 #15

Welcome to DU, oldsoftie! UpInArms Jan 2019 #16

Thanks! Longtime reader, since '05, but just signed up! oldsoftie Jan 2019 #17

Glad you decided to join us UpInArms Jan 2019 #18

Chuck's yucky through & through. He reportedly pooped on the dorm floor in college. Yucky! Julian Englis Jan 2019 #19

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,052 posts)

1. A white supremacist makes money from gene manipulation? What could go wrong? . . . nt

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 09:51 AM

Jan 2019

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,052 posts)

2. Dumb or evil? Are Republicons too dumb or too evil to google Johnson's name?

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 09:55 AM

Jan 2019

Too evil. They know. They lied about not knowing.

When evil pretends to be stupid it is weak.

I simply searched "Chuck Johnson genetics" (no quote marks).

Rep. Rohrabacher Brings Holocaust Denier To Meeting – The Forward
https://forward.com/.../republican-congressman-brought-holocaust-denier-to-capitol-...

Oct 12, 2017 - Dana Rohrabacher brought Holocaust denier Charles C. Johnson to a ... and doctorate in genetics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ...

UpInArms

(51,285 posts)

3. Not mutually exclusive

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 09:57 AM

Jan 2019

They are both ... dumb and evil

olegramps

(8,200 posts)

7. It is only proper that a representative meet with his constituency who elected them.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 10:57 AM

Jan 2019

marble falls

(57,395 posts)

4. What makes Johnson any more of an expert on DNA/genetic testing than he is on the Holocaust?

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 10:02 AM

Jan 2019

They knew who he was and what he is.

Farmer-Rick

(10,217 posts)

5. Phil Roe is a KKK wannabe

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 10:02 AM

Jan 2019

What's a little more antisemitism?

angrychair

(8,748 posts)

6. I mean seriously

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 10:34 AM

Jan 2019

We are expected to believe that that they had a meeting with a guy about “genetic testing” that is a well known Nazi and it was completely innocent and they had no idea he was a Nazi??
Nothing says “nothing to see here” like two republican doctors having a meeting with a Nazi genetics guy.

Firestorm49

(4,037 posts)

8. So let me see if I understand this.

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 11:44 AM

Jan 2019

Two Republican congressmen had a meeting with a guy who they claim they knew little about. Is this stupidity, incompetence, ignorance, or just being a good old Republican with a lame ass excuse? By this logic of cognitive diarrhea, anybody, including well obscured terrorists with a good cover story, gun toting deranged people of diminished mental capacity, or anybody with a cause for that matter, can get a meeting with the politicians who allegedly run the country with little to no advanced background vetting whatsoever. Wow! I’m impressed with their skills. (not).

Pleading ignorance is for those trying to beg out of a speeding ticket - “I was just keeping up with traffic” - not for alleged leaders of the country.

This is just another example of how stupid they think the American public is. They just don’t get how incredibly incompetent they make themselves look. Or, they just don’t give a shit - serving in the most vile, corrupt, contemptible administration this country has ever had. This is just another example of the destruction of American ideals promoted by a President owned lock, stock, and barrel by Russia, and It blows! (Excuse the weaponry phrase. It just seemed to fit.)

UpInArms

(51,285 posts)

9. I believe you understand it .... exactly

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:32 PM

Jan 2019

They fool no one but themselves

canetoad

(17,200 posts)

10. This is the face

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 12:37 PM

Jan 2019

And this is his Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Johnson

Trump campaign WikiLeaks liaison

In September 2016, Johnson published a story on GotNews about a soon-to-launch anti-Trump website called PutinTrump.org.[34] WikiLeaks forwarded the story in private to Donald Trump Jr. before publicly tweeting it. Business Insider speculated that Johnson's story in September on GotNews may have marked the beginning of Donald Trump Jr.'s—and the Trump campaign's—back-channel contact with Julian Assange and Wikileaks. (Johnson wrote after Wikileaks tweeted the story, "About 2 hours after our original article, Julian Assange's WikiLeaks repeated our discoveries. Guess which big leaks organization reads GotNews & WeSearchr on the downlow! Come on Julian, let's work together. WikiLeaks & WeSearchr is a match made in heaven. We can take down Hillary together." )[35] In August 2017, Johnson brokered and attended a meeting in London between GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Julian Assange to discuss a presidential pardon for Assange.[36]

There's no way on earth they didn't know who this alt-righter and internet troll is. They deserve the same fate as King.