The council also said this isn't the first time Massie 'has tweeted blatant antisemitism that originated with white supremacists.' 'Unfortunately Representative (Massie) does not care.' It originates with a white supremacist who called for violence against the Jewish people,' the council said. 'The quote he used was never uttered by Voltaire. The Kentucky Jewish Council criticized Massie's use of this oft-misattributed quote from Strom, calling the post he shared ill-researched and hateful in a statement this week. He also was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2008, according to the SPLC and to news reports. Strom spent the 1990s producing 'anti-Semitic and racist material,' the SPLC said. USA TODAY reported that Strom took credit in 2017 for the paraphrased quotes many people have shared online but misattributed to Voltaire, including the variation of the quote Massie used in his tweet Sunday. ICYMI: Mitch McConnell says Black people vote just as much as 'Americans' The Courier Journal requested a comment from Massie through a spokesman but did not receive a response as of late Monday afternoon.

USA TODAY reported that a similarly paraphrased quote - 'If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize' - was misattributed to Voltaire.īut the source material actually comes from a 1993 radio broadcast Strom did, during which he said: 'To determine the true rulers of any society, all you must do is ask yourself this question: Who is it that I am not permitted to criticize?' KnqCcPXWSe- Thomas Massie January 30, 2022 You mustn’t question Fauci, for he is science.

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