Texas GOP congressman compares Obama to Hitler

Catalina Camia | USA TODAY

A Texas congressman known for making inflammatory statements compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler on Twitter.

Rep. Randy Weber, a conservative who represents a district based in Galveston, sent the tweet Monday night amid criticism that Obama did not attend an anti-terrorism march in Paris.

Weber's tweet: "Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for the right reasons."

Hitler visited Paris in 1940 after Nazi troops invaded and occupied France.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that the Obama administration "should have sent someone with a higher profile" to participate in Sunday's rally in Paris. The event to show solidarity with France after 17 people were killed in terrorist attacks last week drew millions of people — including 40 world leaders.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called on House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders to condemn Weber and his "toxic brand of politics." The National Jewish Democratic Council demanded an apology from Weber.

"Congressman Randy Weber's comparison is beyond vile and insulting," said Josh Schwerin, a DCCC spokesman, in a statement Tuesday.

Weber, now in his second term representing Texas' 14th District, garnered headlines last year when he sent an incendiary tweet from the House floor criticizing Obama as the "Kommandant-in-chef" and a "socialist dictator" during the State of the Union Address.

Here's a sampling of what else Weber has had to say about the president's actions: