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As he condemns the United States for humanitarian assistance, a Michigan GOP congressman says Gaza should be devastated with nuclear bombs 'like Nagasaki and Hiroshima.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 31, 2024
Tim Walberg, a Michigan Republican congressman, has suggested using a nuclear bomb on Gaza to enable Israel's destruction of Hamas in the current war. Walberg referred to bombs used in World War II on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His remarks provoked chastised, with some calling for his resignation because his spokesperson said he was using a metaphor. Democratic colleagues slammed his remarks as troubling and alarming, while emphasizing the risks of calling for nuclear weapons in conflict.