ABC, NBC Scold GOP Rep. for Auschwitz Vid, Still Silent on Sanders Investigation

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 5, 2017
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Many were up in arms Wednesday after Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins posted a video of himself walking through the Nazi concentration camp: Auschwitz. In the now deleted video, Higgins touched on current political issues dealing with national security and defense, which prompted much of the outrage. ABC and NBC were the only networks that though the controversy needed to be dragged out that evening. But while they chose to pound on the GOP Congressman they were still blacking out any news about how Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane were under FBI investigation for bank fraud.

ABC’s reporting was little more than a play-by-play of Higgins’ video. “This is the video, shot on the grounds of Auschwitz that has Congressman Clay Higgins under fire tonight,” said reporter Linsey Davis on World News Tonight. “The congressman then stands in the crematorium.” The report on NBC Nightly News appeared to attack Higgins for what he did despite his apology and deletion of the video.

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