Democrat Hank Johnson draws Holocaust comparison while blasting deportations

House Judiciary Committee subordinate Hank Johnson, R-Ga., made waves erstwhile helium made allusions to the Holocaust portion obliquely criticizing the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the apprehension of Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan.

Johnson was speaking during a Wednesday committee markup gathering erstwhile helium began paraphrasing German preacher Martin Niemöller’s confession arsenic idiosyncratic who erstwhile supported the Nazi Party until it was excessively precocious to entity to its mounting atrocities.

"You know, first, they came for the Latinos extracurricular of the Home Depots, trying to get enactment truthful that they could provender their families," Johnson began.

"And I didn't accidental thing astir it due to the fact that I'm not a Latino astatine the Home Depot."

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Rep. Henry "Hank" Johnson questions a witnesser during a hearing. (Getty Images)

"Then they came for the Hispanic-looking folks [with] hats backward with tattoos. And they deported them to El Salvador. And I didn't accidental thing astir that due to the fact that I don't deterioration my [hat] backward, and I don't person immoderate tattoos, and I don't look similar a Latino."

"Then they came for the Latinas astatine home, taking attraction of the children. They scooped up the Latinas and the children, immoderate of whom were American citizens, 1 of whom was receiving attraction for cancer. They swept them up, took them off, and deported them. And I didn't accidental thing astir it. Because I'm not a Latina. I'm not a small kid who's an American citizen."

Johnson went connected to marque the aforesaid allusion to students protesting successful enactment of Hamas connected campus, who person been different people of the Trump administration.

"They sent jackbooted thugs wearing masks to prime them up, instrumentality them thousands of miles distant and enactment them successful a backstage for-profit detention halfway wherever they languish astatine payer expense. And I didn't accidental thing astir it due to the fact that I'm not a pupil connected a overseas visa," Johnson said.

He past noted however Dugan had been arrested for allegedly aiding an amerciable migrant successful avoiding national migration authorities, saying helium did not talk up due to the fact that helium was not a "White pistillate judge."

"But past they came for me. And I looked around, and determination was cipher near due to the fact that I had remained silent," helium said.

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Johnson concluded by noting helium paraphrased a poem from Germany, saying it "resonated backmost past arsenic it does today."

"It’s important that the radical recognize what is happening with our law rights successful this country. Everyone is entitled to owed process, whether oregon not you are documented oregon undocumented, whether oregon you are a national oregon not. You're entitled to owed process."

He said an amendment up for a ballot successful the markup sought to affirm that. 

An amendment successful the gathering grounds would person prohibited definite funds from being utilized to region "an alien successful usurpation of their rights nether the Fifth Amendment." 

It was voted down.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Johnson for comment, arsenic good arsenic House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for response.

On X, the authoritative House Judiciary Committee Republican relationship mocked Johnson’s remarks, writing, "Wow, Hank Johnson conscionable implied that each Latinos bent retired astatine Home Depot."

Johnson’s penchant for colorful remarks goes backmost much than a decennary to 2010, erstwhile helium warned then-Pacific Fleet commandant Adm. Robert Willard during a House Armed Service Committee proceeding connected military-buildup plans that Guam could potentially "tip implicit and capsize" owed to overpopulation.

Democrats person precocious shifted their comments connected Garcia's lawsuit much toward concerns astir owed process, aft Tennessee constabulary video showing a run-in with Garcia allegedly trafficking migrants was released.