A controversial congressman has come under fire after filming a political video using Auschwitz as its backdrop.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican from Louisiana, posted the video over the weekend and has since taken it down. The video shows Higgins walking through Auschwitz and making commentary as he does so. He uses the site where at least 1.1 million people were killed to draw comparisons to a need for stronger homeland security.
Higgins refers to the victims who perished at Auschwitz as “innocent civilians” and makes no reference to the fact that the majority of them were Jewish. Rather, he uses the video to further his personal political agenda.
