WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican leaders are chastising Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for the Georgia GOP lawmaker’s latest bid to liken measures to combat the coronavirus to the Holocaust.
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On Tuesday, Greene compared a supermarket’s decision to add a logo to the badges of vaccinated workers to the yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied Europe.
“Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi’s [sic] forced Jewish people to wear a gold star,” she said on Twitter, attaching a news story.
Jeff Miller, a major Republican donor who is close to the U.S. House of Representatives minority leader, Kevin McCarthy of California, offered to give Greene a tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., where he is a member of the commission.
“WTF is wrong with you?” Miller, who is also a board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, asked in a tweet. “I think you need to pay a visit to the US Holocaust Museum. I’d be happy to arrange. Then maybe going forward you wouldn’t make anymore disgusting, ignorant and offensive tweets. If I’m wrong and you’re not ignorant about Holocaust … then you are disgusting.”
McCarthy weighed in a bit later, referring to Greene’s comparisons over the weekend likening mask-wearing mandates to the Holocaust.
“Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling,” he said. “Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.”
McCarthy attached a statement that also called on Democrats to forcefully condemn anti-Israel members in their ranks.
Also weighing in was Matt Brooks, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s director, whose group joined a rare primaries challenge to Greene last summer.
“Please educate yourself so that you can realize how absolutely wrong and inappropriate it is to compare proof of vaccination with the 6 million Jews who were exterminated by the Nazis,” Brooks said on Twitter. “You’re an embarrassment to yourself and the GOP.”
A number of Republicans were among those who criticized Greene’s equating mask mandates to the Holocaust, but these were mostly figures who are vocal in opposition to former President Donald Trump, who effectively leads the party and to whom Greene is close.
Good start. Now are they also going to condemn the Washington Post for comparing Trump’s America to the Holocaust? In an opinion piece from 7/16/18 titled “It’s not wrong to compare Trump’s America to the Holocaust. Here’s why.”
Yes she is a nut, and she should be condemned for her idiotic over the top comments, that being said, I’m still waiting for even one elected democrat to condemn by name even one of their many colleagues {including but not limited to omar, tlaib, sanders, bush, pocan, van hollen, bowman, etc.) who are lying about Israel, spewing hamas propaganda, and openly supporting hamas even on the house floor, inciting all those attacks on Jews nationwide.
Liam when you start to condemn the Democratic Party yes party for the racist Jew hatred. Then open your mouth until then keep quite
This Jew-hater Greene posted Holocaust denial drek from Qanon more than once. She campaigned with Trump, fund raised with him. He’s defended her and praised her many times. Don’t blame Dems for her. She’s a Trumpoid all the way. Feh
Nervous Jewish Nellies jittering.
Brothers , we don’t own the holocaust. Yes, it was primarily against us but some 50 million others were murdered , and others were badged too _ homosexuals, political opponents, Poles , Gypsies . Dem politicos can say whatever they vomit out , but but no reaction.
Rep.Greene, you said nothing wrong.
Now let’s hear these critics focus on The Squat in the House.
The last sentence is deceptive. Seems to imply a Trump-Greene connection.
According to archy until recently, she was just ‘immature”.
Stand firm Rep. Greene.Not all Jews are Democrats, liberals , RINOS and progressives.
Let it be known that some high officers at the Holocaust Museum are Jewish self haters nonetheless and have prostrated to the BLM movement , and called Trump a Hitler.
We love you Congresswoman.
Republicans trying to ape democrats in stealing of – speech and elections. If the The Squat and Bouwens could blab , so can our future star Republican. You rock Ms Greene , don’t let pipsqueaks make a big deal out of nothing.
She’s being attacked because she’s GOP. It was an exaggeration and nothing more. My family are Holocaust survivors and can see thru the evil Democrat hypocricy all the way to stinkdom. This party of Jew haters and condoners of anti-Semites and theft of a presidency needs to go to hell and quick.
DON’T APOLOGISE TO THE DEVIL, CONGRESSWOMAN.
Can you Republicans shut up already ?!
Every logical person knows what she meant, so stop. Where are you every day as this country is being turned into a dictatorship by the Nazi Democrats ?
Finally, a small step in the right direction for the Republican party
Finally, a small step in the right for the Republican party.
Ok I agree she is nuts but stop getting so hyper about this. Its not like she is denying the holocaust . She just is using a grossly exaggerated compasrion to make her point. Yes its good the party condemned it now move on. Its no big deal