Florida House of Representatives Majority Leader Adam Hasner (R-Delray Beach) made the following statement responding to Congressman Alan Grayson’s comments this afternoon comparing our country’s healthcare system to the Holocaust:

“Regardless of one’s position on the issue of healthcare reform, comparing the American healthcare system to the systematic murdering of over six million Jews is totally outrageous and unfit for someone holding public office. Congressman Grayson should apologize to the Jewish community and the families of those whose loved ones were brutally executed. I’d also encourage Mr. Grayson to take a walk tomorrow afternoon to the U.S. Holocaust Museum so he can witness for himself just how offensive and inappropriate his statement is.

“While his comments should offend every reasonable American, I also call on my Jewish colleagues in the Florida Legislature and Florida's Congressional delegation to condemn his remarks and demand an apology.


“Congressman Grayson should realize that one does not apologize for an inarticulate statement with another even more hateful. He would be wise to adhere to the advice that when you are in a hole, stop digging.”

Yesterday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Orlando) said that the Republican Health Care Plan was: Don't get sick — if you do, die quickly. In face of a resolution of disapproval this afternoon, Grayson took to the House floor again to “apologize,” where in fact he refused to apologize to his colleagues and instead compared the American healthcare and insurance system to the Holocaust.