Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio departs from a US Senate Transportation Committee meeting on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2025, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
WASHINGTON — A Republican member of the US Senate calls the chamber’s top Democrat Chuck Schumer — the highest-ranking Jewish US elected official — “Fuhrer,” a reference to the title used by Adolf Hitler.
Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, who was elected in November, makes the comment to reporters outside the Senate chamber as members of his caucus struggle to agree on a path forward to try to pass US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut agenda.
“Here’s the main thing you’ve got to understand. Republicans are independently minded. Democrats are monolithic sheep that follow the Fuhrer Schumer’s orders,” Moreno says.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is joined by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, right, as they speak to reporters about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The German word Fuhrer is a political title meaning “leader” that is most associated with Hitler, who led his country into World War Two and was responsible for the deaths of six million Jews.
Schumer has just had a book published titled “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.”
Asked about the comment, a Schumer spokesperson replied, “That’s textbook antisemitism, so we won’t comment on it.”
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