Ohio leaders condemn Columbus march with Nazi flags, racist slogans

The White House on Monday joined city, state and Jewish community leaders in Ohio condemning a small group who marched through Columbus on Saturday chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans while carrying Nazi flags.

The White House on Monday joined city, state and Jewish community leaders in Ohio condemning a small group who marched through Columbus on Saturday chanting racial slurs and white nationalist slogans while carrying Nazi flags.

NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbus reported that it received eyewitness reports of the march around 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the state capital’s Short North Arts District.

Videos uploaded to social media and geolocated by NBC News to the same neighborhood showed at least 11 people carrying black flags with red swastikas and wearing black outfits with red masks, chanting slogans such as “Bow down, [n-word]!” into a bullhorn.

"President Biden abhors the hateful poison of Nazism, anti-semitism, and racism — which are hostile to everything the United States stands for, including protecting the dignity of all our citizens and the freedom to worship," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said Monday morning.

The news comes a week after protesters waved Nazi flags outside a community production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Michigan, to the shock of performers and theatre-goers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-march-nazi-flags-racist-slogans-columbus-rcna180577

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