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The Ohio Congressional candidate who has received national attention for a photo where he appears in a Nazi uniform, responded to the reports Saturday in a statement on his website.
Rich Iott, a Republican who is running in Ohio’s 9th district, said in the statement that he has participated in military re-enactments since college and it is a “hobby” he enjoys with his son.
“Never, in any of my re-enacting of military history, have I meant any disrespect to anyone who served in our military or anyone who has been affected by the tragedy of war,” the statement said. “I have immense respect for veterans who served our country valiantly, particularly those who fought to rid the world of tyranny and aggression by relegating Nazism to the trash heap of history.”
According to the news magazine “The Atlantic,” Iott is a member of Wiking, a group whose members re-enact the actions of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking that fought in World War II. But Iott’s campaign would neither confirm nor deny his membership to CNN.
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