Months after Illinois congresswoman’s Hitler remarks, local Jews remain in pain
Shortly after US Rep. Mary Miller of Oakland, Illinois, said in a January speech that “Hitler was right” about youth indoctrination, Jewish leaders from the state arranged a Zoom call. They hoped to help her understand the pain caused by the comments she delivered on the steps of the United States Capitol, the day before insurrectionists breached the building.
The freshman Republican from the 15th District listened during the call, said Karen Aroesty, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League’s St. Louis office. But she’s not sure what Miller took away from the conversation.
“I’m disappointed in Congresswoman Miller,” Aroesty said. “I don’t know that she really made the connections that I would have liked to hear her make about the impact of what she said.”
