Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio) mentioned Wednesday he’s working with Capitol Police to analyze a swastika picture discovered on show in his Washington, D.C., workplace.
The picture, seen on a digital work name behind the desk of his staffers, was obtained and confirmed by Politico earlier Wednesday after The Rooster, an Ohio politics e-newsletter, first shared it on social media.
“I am aware of an image that appears to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol near an employee in my office,” Taylor mentioned in a assertion. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms.”
Taylor added that he “immediately directed a thorough investigation alongside Capitol Police, which remains ongoing,” declining additional remark till the probe is full. Capitol Police didn’t return requests for remark.
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The picture, captured throughout a digital assembly with Taylor staffer Angelo Elia, depicts an American flag with a few of its stripes altered to type a swastika. It was pinned on a cubicle wall behind Elia, alongside a pocket Structure, a congressional calendar and some different papers.
A spokesperson for Taylor confirmed to Politico that the swastika was discovered within the congressman’s workplace and that Taylor believes it’s the results of “foul play or vandalism.”
A LinkedIn profile that seems to belong to Elia exhibits he’s labored for Taylor since he assumed workplace in January.
Taylor is a first-term congressman representing Ohio’s 2nd district simply east of Cincinnati. President Donald Trump enthusiastically endorsed him in a TruthSocial submit throughout final 12 months’s election.
The flag’s reveal comes a day after Politico uncovered that a number of leaders of Younger Republicans chapters despatched deeply racist messages in a gaggle chat, together with repeated slurs for Black and LGBTQ+ folks, and informal reward of Adolf Hitler, who made the traditional swastika image the centerpiece of the Nazi flag.
