Democrats: 'Angry mobs' out to 'destroy Obama' Nancy Pelosi rips health care protesters for 'carrying swastikas'

By Chelsea Schilling

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has accused attendees at health care town hall meetings of carrying swastikas – and the Democratic National Committee is now featuring photos of protesters with swastikas in its new video, claiming "angry mobs" are "seeking to destroy Obama."

In a short clip posted by Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," a reporter asked Pelosi, "Do you think there's legitimate grass roots opposition going on here?"

She responded, "I think they are Astroturf … you be the judge," Pelosi answered. "They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care."

Pelosi did not provide specific examples of unruly citizens carrying swastikas to town hall meetings.

However, the Washington Times suggested Pelosi may have been referring to this photo taken

outside the Fort Collins office of Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo, last week:

Protester carries sign featuring swastika with a line through it

A woman protesting President Obama's health care "reform" carried a sign featuring a swastika that was circled with red line through it, suggesting her opposition to Nazi-style policies. It also featured a question mark with Obama's name underneath it.

The photo, provided by a reader who is a Democrat, was first featured in a column at the Huffington Post.

Pelosi's office did not respond to requests for comment, but the Washington Post reported one spokesman from her office told the newspaper, "In addition, at another town hall held in Worcester, Massachusetts, Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern, the Telegram reports, 'was likened by an attendee to Josef Mengele, the Nazi officer who performed experiments

on concentration camp survivors.'" ....