Heavy on the dog whistle racism according to the CBC.
After a meeting with the Israeli prime minister Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger called Benjamin Netanyahu “the Winston Churchill of our time” and President Barack Obama “the Neville Chamberlain.”
The Charlotte Republican accused the president of appeasement in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
“Benjamin Netanyahu is the Winston Churchill of our day, warning the world about Iran,” Pittenger said. “President Obama is the Neville Chamberlain of our day, in seemingly total denial of the enormous risk and … (how vulnerable) we are to their nuclear capabilities.”[…]
Pittenger, who chairs the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, traveled to Israel with fellow GOP Rep. Dennis Ross of Florida. Their meeting with the prime minister came two weeks before Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress.
During an hourlong meeting, the Americans and Netanyahu talked about the ongoing threat from Iran.