Missouri Dem rep booted from committees after posting pic with alleged Holocaust denier
Missouri Democratic Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D-83) has been removed from her committee assignments after she posted a picture on social media with an influencer the Anti-Defamation League calls a Holocaust denier and “alt-right troll.”
However, the four-term rep, who is running for Missouri Attorney General in 2024, that she was unaware of any formal inquiry or complaints lodged against her until House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-89) notified herඣ Friday afternoon that his office had received a letter announcing her expulsion from her com👍mittee posts.
Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a fellow Democrat, issued a news release Friday announcing Unsicker’s removal.
“During her time in the legislature, Rep. Sarah Unsicker has proven a strong advocate for society’s vulnerable, especially children,” Quade wrote.
“Recently, however, she has chosen to use social media to promote individuals who espouse baseless conspiracies and racist and antisemitic ideologies that are antithetical to the values of inclusiveness, tolerance and respect House Democrats are dedicated to upholding,” she continued.
“As a result, I am removing Rep. Unsicker from all committees as the process of evaluating her future as a member of the House Democratic Caucus begins.”
While the X post containing the offending image was no longer visible, , Unsicker identifies the maꦇn she had met with as Charles C. Johnson, whom the ADL dedicates an enti𓆏re page to on its website.
In their writeup, the organization claims Johnson “asserted the number of Jews killed [in the Holocaust] was false” in a 2017 “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit.
The ADL also asserts Johnson founded a crowdfunding website which “reportedly raised more than $150,000 in 2017 for the neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin’s legal defense.”
The blurb also notes that Johnson had been invited to Capitol Hill in October 2017 and February 2018 by former R♊ep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R🐠-Fla.), respectively.
In a statement Thursday, Unsicker expressed confusion about her removal and 💞how it unfolded.
“I am confused by the statement that I have ‘promoted individuals’ who espouse ‘baseless conspiracy theories.’ I have not been offered any explanation of how my behavior was different from my typical behavior, including my refusal to respond to slanderous representations about others,” she wrote.
On Substack, Unsicker wrote that “despite the fact that I have not been formally removed from committees,” references to her as a member of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, Health, Mental Health, and Senior Services had been purged from her official House website.
She also says she’s been removed from the Children and Families Committee.
An email s🥀ent to Unsicker seeking comment was not immediately responded to.