Glenn Beck roused the National Rifle Association’s annual convention this weekend with his attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but he also aroused criticism by a major Jewish group for depicting the mayor giving a Nazi salute.
The head of the Anti-Defamation League called Beck’s comments “deeply offensive on so many levels,” and B’nai B’rith called for Beck to apologize.
“Glenn Beck, the keynote speaker at the NRA’s annual convention, trivializes the Holocaust when he compares New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Adolf Hitler,” B’nai B’rith told ABC News.
“The casual use of Nazi imagery or words serves to undermine the atrocities of the Holocaust. Glenn Beck should apologize,” the organization said.
Bloomberg, who has spearheaded a new effort to have wider background checks for people buying guns, was a popular target for NRA speakers this week, seemingly displacing President Obama as the group’s newest bogeyman.
At his nearly two hour keynote address Saturday night Beck likened the mayor to a Nazi for his campaigns to limit the size of sugary drinks, salt intake, curb tobacco displays and gun control.
“I’ve come up with a new advertisement for New York, we all know ‘I heart New York.’ I’d like to show you my new advertisement for it, new slogan… ‘You will love New York!'” Beck said.
And with that he unveiled a massive new logo for New York City to the thousands in attendance. It showed Bloomberg giving the Nazi salute with what appeared to be a Nazi armband on his sleeve.
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how about Jews outraged that Bloomberg is trying to outlaw Metziza bpeh? why do they always find the wrong things to be outraged about
believe me, if anderson cooper or snl did it to a republican you wouldnt hear from foxman
Since when is the ADL a major Jewish group? Emphasis on the Jewish.
In any case, can’t blame Beck for what is going on in the Israeli chareidi press on a regular basis.
He didn’t offend me!!! He “offended” those do nothing left wing lunatics who have nothing better to do than to wait for someone to “offend” them.
The FACT is that it wasn’t a nazi (yemach sh’mom), it was a. socialist.
IT was not a nazi salute but a Lenin salute who kill even more than hitler yemach shemo
Beck’s disgusting comments devalues the memory of the kedoshim who were niftar in the shoah. How dare anyone compare the policies of a democratically elected mayor they disagree with to the Nazis, Y’S. These types of comments were the reason he was fired by Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes at Fox News and he is despised by most legitimate conservative journalists and politicians.
Don’t worry. We know what kind of “Jews” love to find anything on Glen Beck…
Gadolhadorah,
It would be so nice if you actually had your FACTS before flapping your gums, or your fingers in this case. You show over & over that you have NO concept of reality.
No. 6: Thank you, you got it exactly right.
No. 7: Please complete your sentence.
No. 8: Your last sentence applies more to you than No. 6, or anyone else for that matter.
Mark Levin
Your commentary and rants against anything not lunatic fringe right wing are getting tiresome.
Do you really believe that Glenn Beck is Moshiach?
Gadolhatorah: Hitler too was elected by his people. The fact of the matter is Bloomberg and his ego knows no bounds trying to control our lives much like the Nazis did. I’m sure if Mr. Egomaniac could he would eliminate anyone who dared to argue with him.
No worse than those on this site who describe government officials in E”Y as using “Nazi tactics”.
Glenn Beck himself explained it was based on a picture of Lenin, not Hitler, but you know people react before they even know what they are reacting to