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GOP Rep. Eric Burlison, Mad Over Dropped Newsmax, Invokes Holocaust<!-- wp:html --><p>C-SPAN</p> <p>Just a few days after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) compared the urgency of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/directv-officially-dumps-pro-trump-channel-newsmax">DirecTV dropping conservative channel Newsmax</a> to the lack of resistance that some Germans showed during the Nazis’ rise to power.</p> <p>During a speech on the House floor Tuesday, the freshman congressman felt compelled to invoke <a href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists">an often-quoted confession</a> by German pastor Martin Niemöller after complaining about companies who “choose to silence conservative speech.”</p> <p>“And now they’re going after Newsmax,” Burlison huffed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-eric-burlison-mad-over-dropped-newsmax-invokes-holocaust?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Just a few days after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) compared the urgency of DirecTV dropping conservative channel Newsmax to the lack of resistance that some Germans showed during the Nazis’ rise to power.

During a speech on the House floor Tuesday, the freshman congressman felt compelled to invoke an often-quoted confession by German pastor Martin Niemöller after complaining about companies who “choose to silence conservative speech.”

“And now they’re going after Newsmax,” Burlison huffed.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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