Alan Grayson vows not to use the term “Holocaust” again in letter to Anti-Defamation League

Florida Democrat Alan Grayson, who compared healthcare in the United States to the Holocaust this week sent a letter to Andrew Rosenkranz, Florida regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish organization that fights anti-Semitism. In the letter, the coward Grayson didn’t even apologize to Jewish people for the remark, but instead simply “vowed not to use the term again”. Isn’t that so nice of him? More from Fox News:

Grayson evoked the Holocaust during a speech on the House floor Wednesday even though he wasn’t referring to the genocide of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

“I call upon all of us to do our jobs for the sake of America, for the sake of those dying people and their families,” Grayson said. “I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in America.”

Grayson, who is Jewish and says he has relatives who died in the Holocaust, said he wrote the letter to address the concerns his comments caused.

“In no way did I mean to minimize the Holocaust,” Grayson wrote in the letter obtained by FOXNews.com. “I regret the choice of words, and I will not repeat it.”

Grayson added that he is a “staunch” supporter of Israel and has repeatedly called for action against Iran to avoid another Holocaust.

Rosenkranz told FOXNews.com Grayson was responding to a letter he sent him stating the group’s position that led to a phone conversation between the two on Thursday.

“It’s an improper use of Holocaust imagery,” Rosenkranz said he told Grayson. “It should never be used. A civil discourse regarding the health debate is one thing but comparing it to perhaps the world’s worst atrocity in the history of mankind is unfortunate and after speaking with him, he said he regrets making the remark.”

Rosenkranz said it didn’t make a difference whether Grayson was using the broader definition of “holocaust.”

“I think it’s important to note that when you hear the word ‘holocauast’ today, most people think of the genocide of six million Jews and that was never a point of contention between the two of us.”

Grayson still refuses to apologize for his “die quickly” comments that he made on Tuesday. His re-election campaign poked fun at the GOP for demanding an apology.

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October 2, 2009 · Filed Under Alan Grayson, Democrats, ObamaCARE


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