Washington, DC- Today, Members of the Ohio Congressional delegation led by Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Dean of the Ohio Delegation Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement condemning Neo-Nazi's who marched in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend. This follows a similar incident of antisemitism carried out by a Neo-Nazi group in Sylvania and Toledo in July of 2023. Also joining this call are Representatives Greg Landsman (OH-01), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13).

"To our fellow Ohioans, we affirm strongly that hate has no place in our Ohio communities. Whether it is on the streets of our State Capitol in Columbus, Toledo, or anywhere else across our Buckeye State, we unequivocally condemn such acts of hatred and incitement. Civil society must always stand together no matter our race, creed, or religion to call out bigotry, and antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head," said the Members.

"We condemn this reprehensible behavior and hatred wrought on our communities. Today we come together to denounce this behavior, and to work together to rid such hatred from our state, and our nation. Our strength rests in the far larger power of decent people seeking brotherhood and sisterhood and decrying extremism. Together there are far more of us who will call out this hatred, than those who march on the streets to spread it. Together we will shine light to cast out the darkness of hate," concluded the Members.

You can find a previous statement from Congresswoman Beatty on the incident this weekend here. You can find a previous statement from Congresswoman Kaptur regarding the July 2023 incident here(link is external).

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