Dingell, 91, Tweets He’ll Fight Nazis Again, Internet Loves It

DEARBORN, MI — Former congressman John Dingell took to Twitter Saturday to denounce white supremacists who clashed with counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday. The 91-year-old Twitter power user’s tweet has been shared and liked hundreds of thousands of times.

“I signed up to fight the Nazis 73 years ago and I’ll do it again if I have to,” he tweeted. “Hatred, bigotry, & fascism should have no place in this country.” (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Dearborn Patch, click here to find your local Michigan Patch. Also, like us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

A man reported to have Nazi views allegedly drove into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville Saturday, killing a 32-year-old woman and injuring at least 19 others, the culmination of hours of violent clashes between neo-Nazis, members of the alt-right, white nationalists and counter-protesters at the site of a rally staged to oppose the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Below is Dingell’s tweet:

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)