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Holocaust survivor: Ocasio-Cortez should be removed from Congress

Polish-born Jew says congresswoman was wrong in accusing US government of running "concentration camps" for illegal migrants. "The people on the border aren't forced to be there ; they go there on their own will. If someone doesn't know the difference, either they're playing stupid or they just don't care," says 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg.

by  JNS and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  07-02-2019 16:50
Last modified: 07-04-2019 13:58
Holocaust survivor: Ocasio-Cortez should be removed from CongressReuters/Yuri Gripas

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 12, 2019 | Photo: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

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Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg accused US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Saturday of "spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity" and called for her to be ousted from Congress.

"She should be removed from Congress. She's spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity," said Mosberg, 93. "The people on the border aren't forced to be there; they go there on their own will. If someone doesn't know the difference, either they're playing stupid or they just don't care."

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The freshman congresswoman has come under fire for saying in an Instagram video a few weeks ago that the United States is "running concentration camps on our southern border," in reference to the Trump administration's policies regarding illegal immigrants.

Last week, Ocasio-Cortez rejected an invitation to tour Auschwitz with Mosberg, who was an inmate of the camp and is the president of the organization From the Depths. In Auschwitz, an estimated 1.1 million people, almost all of them Jews, were killed.

"Her statement is evil," said Mosberg. "It hurts a lot of people. At the concentration camp, we were not free. We were forced there by the Germans who executed and murdered people. There's no way you can compare."

This article was reprinted with permission from JNS.org.

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