1/n A thread about Mary Miller, a Republican who at a rally of Trump-Supporting Moms, before the attack on the capitol, invoked Hitler positively, saying "Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future”. #ThisIsMaryMiller https://twitter.com/i/status/1346891485791330313

2/n Rep Miller's Hitler's invocation generated condemnations, she apologized. Before people start saying that this was an innocent error, that she learned her lesson, I (son to holocaust survivors, physician-scientist, an educator), would like to ask a question of @RepMaryMiller

3/n Considering there are hundreds of educators, political thinkers, politicians, that addressed the value of education, youth, politics - would you pick Hitler as an inspiration when speaking to mothers? @Selin_M & @rachelparris have better suggestions #ThisIsMaryMiller

4/n You guessed the answer: PROBABLY NOT - if you are committed to peace, liberty, democracy, health, humanity, you would not invoke Hitler. Simple. BUT I can think of scenarios in which the answer would be yes. #ThisIsMaryMiller @RepMaryMiller

5/n As an example, the answer would be YES, if you are discussing a strategy of taking away the power of people, undermining democracy, securing your control of government forever #Tyranny #HandsMaidsTale @RepMaryMiller

6/n PROBABLY YES, if you do not find the other things associated with Hitler (racism, genocide, tyranny, social Darwinism, Arian Supremacy, to name a few) that abhorrent #IsThisMaryMiller @Miller_Congress

7/n PROBABLY YES, if you are a person, who says "Hitler was bad, but.." or "Slavery was bad, but" or "Antisemitism is bad, but.." who misses the #GoodOldDays of disctimination & segregation, but is uncomfortable with the cruel methods required to maintain them #IsThisMaryMiller

8/n and PROBABLY YES if you are a politician that knows your audience and feels that they would get excited by the mention of Hitler's name positively (maybe there were a few Camp Auschwitz sweatshirts in the crowd that inspired her) #IsThisMaryMIller

9/n Of course, the Representative issued a non-apology stating she was a staunch supporter of Israel. My response (Paraphrasing Samuel Johnson): Vocal support of Israel has become the last refuge of the anti-Semite“ #IsThisMaryMiller

10/n As expected, she voted after the coup attempt to decertify election results; meaning: to disregard the legal votes cast by Black Americans, so that the candidate she supported, will be reinstated against the will of the people #ThisIsMaryMiller #SayNoMore

11/n As a reminder Mary Miller’s favorite candidate is an autocratic, racist, misogynist & criminally negligent person who brought a catastrophe on our nation, lost a fair election by an unprecedented margin of seven million votes. #ThisIsMaryMiller @Miller_Congress

12/n Here is a link to a petition requesting that @RepMaryMiller resign. If you agree sign and circulate widely! #ThisIsMaryMiller @https://www.change.org/p/rep-mary-miller-demand-rep-mary-miller-resign

13/n And if you wondered about her family values: This is her husband, Chris Miller, minutes before the attack on the Capitol, inciting against “dangerous Democrat terrorists” cheering “a great cultural war” #TheMillerFamilyValues
#ThisIsMaryMiller https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1347236821512695810?s=20