Story highlights Invokes Holocaust to slam Iran deal

DNC demands Huckabee apologize

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama is marching Israelis to "the door of the oven" by agreeing to the Iran nuclear deal, Mike Huckabee said Sunday.

The Republican presidential candidate invoked the Holocaust in an interview with Breitbart News

"This president's foreign policy is the most feckless in American history. It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven," Huckabee said.

He continued: "This is the most idiotic thing, this Iran deal. It should be rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and by the American people. I read the whole deal. We gave away the whole store. It's got to be stopped."

Asked to elaborate on Huckabee's "door of the oven" remark, campaign spokeswoman Alice Stewart told CNN that "the comment speaks for itself."

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