A political firestorm erupted Thursday after Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio referred to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as “Fuhrer Schumer,” invoking the title of Adolf Hitler. “Here’s the main thing you’ve got to understand,” Moreno told reporters while discussing President Donald Trump’s tax proposals. “Republicans are independently minded. Democrats are monolithic sheep that follow the Fuhrer Schumer’s orders.” The incendiary comment was immediately denounced by Jewish leaders and civil rights organizations. A spokesperson for Schumer responded tersely, saying, “That’s textbook antisemitism, so we won’t comment on it.” Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, issued a blistering condemnation on social media: “It’s despicable and inexcusable to compare a Jewish leader in the Senate to Adolf Hitler. Nazi analogies in politics trivialize the Holocaust and the memory of the 6 million Jews who were murdered, including dozens of members of Sen. Schumer’s own family.” Somewhat similarly, in March, President Trump said that Schumer “used to be Jewish” and had “become a Palestinian” — a remark widely panned as both antisemitic and Islamophobic. “Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned,” Trump said at the time. “He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.” Trump also once said that Schumer was a “proud member of Hamas.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)