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GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey under fire for remarks comparing abortion to Holocaust

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Republican candidate for Governor Darren Bailey argued abortion is worse than Holocaust in a Facebook Live. The live video was filmed October 12, 2017, when Bailey was running for the Republican state representative primary. Then-governor Bruce Rauner had just signed a law repealing Illinois' abortion ban less than a month before Bailey's livestream.

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The Independent

Illinois governor candidate said Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to abortion in 2017 clip

Darren Bailey made the remarks in a 2017 video on Facebook

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CBS News

GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey denounced for saying Holocaust 'doesn't even compare' to abortion 'atrocities'

"Conflating a woman's bodily autonomy to the systematic mass murder of Jewish people is antisemitic and disqualifying," said a spokesperson for Gov. JB Pritzker.

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Gold Coast Bulletin

Footage Surfaces of Illinois Candidate for Governor Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust

The Republican candidate for Gov of Illinois, Darren Bailey, has been criticized after footage surfaced of him comparing abortion to the Holocaust in 2017. In a video livestreamed by the Facebook page for his election campaign on October 12, 2017, at around the six-minute mark, Bailey said: “I believe that abortion is one of the greatest atrocities of our day and I believe it’s one of the greatest atrocities probably forever. The attempted exter…

2 years ago·Southport, Australia

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Chicago Tribune

Gov. J.B. Pritzker launches ad criticizing GOP rival Darren Bailey for saying Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to lives lost to abortion

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker launched a TV spot on Tuesday criticizing GOP rival Darren Bailey for 2017 comments that the Holocaust "doesn't compare" to lives lost to abortion.

2 years ago·Chicago, United States

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GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey under fire for remarks comparing abortion to Holocaust

Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey is under fire for a remark he made in 2017 comparing the Holocaust and abortion.

2 years ago·Chicago, United States

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Chicago Sun Times

Bailey tries to explain past Holocaust remark after Pritzker, Jewish leaders and others denounce it

State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, speaks at an election night rally in Effingham after winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination in June.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times fileRepublican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey on Tuesday tried to minimize comments he made five years ago in which he said the Holocaust “doesn’t even compare” to abortion — remarks that have enflamed the Jewish community and the state’s Jewish governor, J.B. Pritzker.“I beli…

2 years ago·Chicago, United States

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Illinois governor candidate said Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to abortion in 2017 clip

Illinois governor candidate said Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to abortion in 2017 clip

GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey denounced for saying Holocaust 'doesn't even compare' to abortion 'atrocities'

GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey denounced for saying Holocaust 'doesn't even compare' to abortion 'atrocities'

Footage Surfaces of Illinois Candidate for Governor Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust

Footage Surfaces of Illinois Candidate for Governor Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust

Gov. J.B. Pritzker launches ad criticizing GOP rival Darren Bailey for saying Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to lives lost to abortion

Gov. J.B. Pritzker launches ad criticizing GOP rival Darren Bailey for saying Holocaust ‘doesn’t compare’ to lives lost to abortion

GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey under fire for remarks comparing abortion to Holocaust

GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey under fire for remarks comparing abortion to Holocaust

Bailey tries to explain past Holocaust remark after Pritzker, Jewish leaders and others denounce it

Bailey tries to explain past Holocaust remark after Pritzker, Jewish leaders and others denounce it

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