Spain: Politician Resigns After Uproar Over His Jokes
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Version 0 of 1. A member of Madrid’s new City Council, who had been set to become the councilor in charge of culture, resigned Monday amid a storm over jokes he posted in 2011 on Twitter about the Holocaust and terrorism. The politician, Guillermo Zapata, had apologized and said he was not anti-Semitic, adding that his comments had been made in the context of a debate about the limits of humor. The City Council changed hands just this past weekend. |