Rep Riley’s Republican Challenger Peter Oberacker faces backlash over post honoring Nazi grandfather

New York State Senator Peter Oberacker, a Republican running for Congress in New York’s 19th Congressional District, is facing intense scrutiny following reports detailing a resurfaced 2015 Veterans Day Facebook post in which he saluted his grandfather, who served in Nazi Germany’s military under Adolf Hitler.

The November 11, 2015, post featured an image of Oberacker’s grandfather, Ludwig Oberacker, wearing a Nazi military uniform adorned with swastika badges and an eagle emblem. Read more -> https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2026/08/27/gop-house-candidate-peter-oberacker-faces-backlash-over-resurfaced-2015-post-honoring-nazi-grandfather/

Peter Oberacker, Who Saluted Nazi Grandpa, Calls His Basement Bar “The Chamber” – https://dccc.org/🚨peter-oberacker-who-saluted-nazi-grandpa-calls-his-basement-bar-the-chamber/

GOP gives up on candidate who saluted his Nazi grandfather’s service: report – https://www.rawstory.com/peter-oberacker/