cantor did what so many career politicians do, as he reacted before he had all the facts. he didn t know the whole story. he didn t understand what historical reenacting is all about. time now to call in msnbc political analyst, pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the washington post and author of disintegration: the splintering of black america, gene robinson, who will now join me for another edition of batting practice. good evening, keith. i feel so underdressed tonight. i know. congratulations on your murrow. congratulate me on getting into this suit. mr. iott is playing the victim. and we get it by this point, tea partiers are never wrong, they do not apologize. they do not know shame, and they certainly never know when to run. my semi rhetorical question to you is, why do they not know these things? keith, i have no idea. why do you not know that dressing up like a nazi and running through the woods and, you know, gambling and
running through the woods and, you know, gambling and de-frolicking and killing hungarian jews for pretend is not an an acceptable activity. it s not something we like to see in our members of congress. but, iott s right about one with thing, even though that sort of they don t know the whole story is bespeaking i was only taking orders from my overlord in recreation. he s right about one thing, cantor was just one congressman. republican jewish coalition came out alongside cantor in condemning this, but where s john boehner? where s joe lieberman? where s anybody of consequence on this? i have no idea. you would think that today there would have been a stream of denunciations and you wouldn t have been able to see around here for the dust kicked up by the feet of people running as fast as they can away from this
served in our military or anyone who has been affected by the tragedy of war, especially the jewish community. well, that s close, mr. iott, but still not quite there. what you should have said is never in my pursuit of my fetishistic attachment to nazi uniforms have i stopped to think how my actions have been disrespectful to anyone who served in the military or anyone who has been affected by the tragedy of war, especially the jewish community. of course, if you are a sick, nazi loving anti-semite, then you ve really said all you need to say. men and women have inalienable rights. for he s a jolly good fellow the meeting s tomorrow in dallas
de-frolicking and killing hungarian jews for pretend is not an an acceptable activity. it s not something we like to see in our members of congress. but, iott s right about one with thing, even though that sort of they don t know the whole story is bespeaking i was only taking orders from my overlord in recreation. he s right about one thing, cantor was just one congressman. republican jewish coalition came out alongside cantor in condemning this, but where s john boehner? where s joe lieberman? where s anybody of consequence on this? i have no idea. you would think that today there would have been a stream of denunciations and you wouldn t have been able to see around here for the dust kicked up by the feet of people running as fast as they can away from this guy.
after his son lost interest in it. even the republicans are recoiling. he s now been scrubbed from the gop young guns website after it turned out he preferred old guns, you know, like lugers. only when pressed by debbie wasserman schultz did eric cantor address the issue. debbie, when launched into her attacks as to some of the reports about candidates that are running and particularly the one in ohio having to do with nazi reenactment, she knows that i would absolutely repudiate that and not support an individual well, you haven t. who would do something like that. you haven t. i m doing it right here. i m doing it right here, debbie. you know good and well i don t support anything like that. to that point, the iott spokesman, matthew parker, telling the toledo blade that the house minority whip is, quote, just one member of congress. and as for mr. iott? i think that representative