Weinberg Decries Committeewoman’s Post Equating Democrats with Nazis

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) issued the following statement on Montville Committeewoman June Witty’s reposting of a meme equating Democrats with Nazis:

“I am glad that Montville Committeewoman June Witty’s disgusting Facebook post was exposed to the light of day and I wholeheartedly support the local Jewish community members who have spoken out and spoken up. Montville’s other elected officials also have made their feelings well known and despite the actions of this one individual, the community has stood together against hate speech.

“I am saddened and troubled that in 2018, any public official could equate being a Democrat with being a Nazi. Even in a society split by fierce partisanship, such a comparison is beyond the pale.

“People around the world just recently marked Yom Hashoah, a painful reminder of the Nazi’s brutal attack on Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto 75 years ago. As a Jew, a public official, and a Democrat, Witty’s actions are repugnant.”