The Anti-Defamation League has tracked a rise in rhetoric suggesting that guns could have stopped or at least slowed the Holocaust since at least 2013. “He was not implying that an armed Jewish population would have been able to prevent the horrors of the Holocaust, but his intended message is that disarming citizens can have detrimental consequences. On Capitol Hill, Young is tolerated — and occasionally celebrated — as a crusty relic from another era of politics. Young is “dean of the House,” an honorary title reserved for the longest-serving House member. “As we all know, Don Young is not someone to let anything — or anyone — get in his way,” Ryan said of Young.

Source: thestar February 28, 2018 20:37 UTC