Democratic Fundraiser Threatens Free Beacon for Noticing Veterans Day Tribute to Grandpa

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Kelly Neumann, a Michigan trial attorney and Democratic fundraiser, has threatened the Washington Free Beacon with "legal action" unless we retract our story about her Veterans Day Facebook post honoring her grandfather who served "on the German side" in World War II.

The Free Beacon and others reported in January that Neumann, who has ties to prominent Michigan Democrats and co-chairs the finance committee on U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow's campaign, had posted a bizarre message on her Facebook account in November 2024. McMorrow's campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

"Happy Veterans Day to all my family and friends who serve/served!" Neumann's post read. "Interesting story, I do not talk much about but my Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

The post included several photos of the Nazi soldier in his Wehrmacht uniform. Neumann recalled that her grandfather was one of the first people to accept her as gay, which proved that "people can change and love can indeed win." Neumann appears to have deleted the post shortly after the Free Beacon published our story. In the interest of full transparency, we have included a screenshot below.

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