NY gubernatorial candidate says Brad Lander would be a ‘camp guard’ for Nazis if he could
Bruce Blakeman, the Jewish Republican running for governor of New York, drew criticism from liberal Jewish groups for saying that congressional candidate Brad Lander “would be a camp guard in the concentration camp if he…
Assessment
A Jewish Republican candidate for New York governor compared a Jewish congressional candidate to a Nazi concentration camp guard during a conservative media appearance. The remark drew swift condemnation from liberal Jewish groups. This escalates an already bitter primary campaign where Israel policy has become a central dividing line, and may test how far candidates can go with Holocaust rhetoric before losing support.