Local NC GOPers Compare Gay Pride Flag Over City Hall To Flying Nazi Flag

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I have had personal dealings with Carl Mumpower when he was on City Council. He is insane, to put it nicely.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/asheville-north-carolina-gay-pride-flag-city-hall-nazi-flag

ByDANIEL STRAUSSPublishedOCTOBER 11, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT 9111 Views

A pair of North Carolina Republicans likened flying a two-story rainbow flag over city hall in Asheville, North Carolina, to flying a Nazi flag over the building.

That's according to a piece in the Asheville Citizen-Times about a rainbow flag being flown over the building on Thursday as same-sex couples and supporters of same-sex marriage waited for word on a court ruling on same-sex marriage in the state.

The two Republicans, former city councilman Carl Mumpower and former Buncombe County GOP chairman Chad Nesbitt, criticized the move saying the Asheville City Council's decision to fly the flag (the council voted unanimously to display it) violated North Carolina open meeting laws.

"I am equating their methods with the Nazi movement," Mumpower said according to the North Carolina newspaper. "They are indifferent to the rule of law and indifferent to the vote of the people. And that's Adolph [sic] Hitler all over again in a different disguise."

A statement from Nesbitt and Mumpower included the depiction of a Nazi flag flying over City Hall, the Citizen-Times reported.

See the image Nesbitt and Mumpower included in their statement below:

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1. What Fucking Idiots.

They need to understand history.

The Nazis rounded up gays, Roma, Polish, and many others they felt were inferior. They exterminated them.

Comparing gay-rights activists to Nazis is more than offensive. It is despicable on so many levels.

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2. Horrible