Texas lawmaker shares Facebook meme connecting gun control protesters to Holocaust victims

[Hermit-The-Prog]

[Even worse, it came from Ted Cruz's page]

By Jackie Wang

A Houston-area state representative linked gun control advocates to Holocaust victims on Monday, with a meme that appeared to blame gun control for the genocide of six million Jews during World War II.

Spring Republican Valoree Swanson shared a Facebook post Monday from the “Ted Cruz Meme Page.” She did not add a comment to the post, which showed two photos. The first was from March 13, when 7,000 pairs of shoes were left at the U.S. Capitol to represent the children who have died from gunshot wounds since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. It was captioned: “Shoes left by gun control supporters, 2018.”

The second photo, of a pile of shoes in a concentration camp, was captioned: “Shoes left by victims of gun control, 1945.”

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Swanson's page has since deleted the post. It still exists on the Ted Cruz Meme Page.

The original post had over 100,000 shares and 300,000 "reactions." Most of the comments on Swanson's post decried the picture.

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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/guns/2018/03/26/texas-lawmaker-shares-facebook-meme-connecting-gun-control-protesters-holocaust-victims

[I don't do facebook; maybe someone who does can confirm whether or not Cruz is still pushing this shameful meme.]

[Igel]

1. It's a constant assertion.

That Hitler disarmed the population.

The population in Germany was disarmed under the Weimar government.

The Parkland kids did consciously make the link themselves, however, by choosing #NeverAgain. One report indicated the core group of activists knew it was used by Holocaust survivors, but figured it didn't matter. It sounded good and so they appropriated it for their own use.