Marjorie Taylor Greene Condemned For 'Grotesque' Face Mask-Holocaust Comparison
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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) faced widespread condemnation this week for likening House mask mandates to the Holocaust.
Greene, talking on Christian Broadcasting Network host David Brody’s podcast “The Water Cooler,” railed against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) request that Republican lawmakers prove they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to drop the mask-wearing rule in the chamber.
“You know, we can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany,” said Greene, who has been formally warned for not wearing a mask on the House floor. “And this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about,” she added.
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MTG says Speaker Pelosi wanting Members of Congress to get vaccinated and if not to wear masks is “exactly the type of abuse” as murdering Jews in gas chambers during the Holocaust and David Brody nods along. No follow up. pic.twitter.com/inXfD8UBiG
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 22, 2021
Critics, including the American Jewish Congress, were quick to condemn Greene’s comments — the latest in a long line of racist, Islamophobic and antisemitic remarks from the QAnon-endorsing lawmaker who was removed from House committee positions in February for liking social media posts about executing Democrats and peddling conspiracy theories.
“You can never compare health-related restrictions with yellow stars, gas chambers and other Nazi atrocities. Such comparisons demean the Holocaust and contaminate American political speech,” the American Jewish Congress tweeted in response to Greene’s comments. “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must immediately retract and apologize.”
You can never compare health-related restrictions with yellow stars, gas chambers & other Nazi atrocities.
Such comparisons demean the Holocaust & contaminate American political speech.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must immediately retract and apologize.https://t.co/pdU8H8h2tO— American Jewish Congress (@AJCongress) May 21, 2021
Others were similarly incensed by Greene’s comparison of wearing masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews.
Comparing wearing masks to the abuse of the Holocaust is a not so subtle diminution of the horrors experienced by millions. It’s a grotesque idiocy mixed with a neurotic lack of self awareness.
What do you expect from a truther, Q believer, and gaslighting conspiracy theorist? https://t.co/tkH1vIOAfb— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) May 22, 2021
You want to see some full-blown bat-shit anti-Semitism? Take a look at the GQP ringleader in Congress comparing House mask mandates to the Holocaust. #MarjorieTraitorGreene
— James Morrison (@JamesPMorrison) May 22, 2021
No. Requiring non-vaccinated members of Congress to wear masks is not even remotely like the Holocaust. The analogy is an insult to the memory of the six million dead. https://t.co/Pr0ZdYxu3p
— Steve Simon (@MNSteveSimon) May 22, 2021
Ah, the Holocaust trivialization and insisting on being a vector for a deadly disease douchefecta.
What a time to be alive. https://t.co/iPBq7K7nc3— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) May 22, 2021
Comparing a mask mandate to the Holocaust is clueless and deeply offensive. Why are you not calling her out @DavidBrodyCBN? https://t.co/6PO6LrZoPt
— Geoff Pilkington (@geoffpilkington) May 22, 2021
NEVER a good idea to compare ANYTHING to the Holocaust - unless it involves the systematic rounding up of millions upon millions of people and slaughtering them because of their religion. https://t.co/utU31MIX13
— Rick Folbaum (@RickFolbaum) May 22, 2021
Wait the Jewish Space Laser Lady is *not* a Holocaust denier? https://t.co/X3sARtHZnJ
— ᵛⁱᵈᵉᵒᵈʳᵉʷ ⁱˢ ᵒⁿᵉ ʷᵒʳᵈ (@videodrew) May 22, 2021
This is antisemitism of a most despicable and deranged sort. This is a woman whose own politics can credibly be described as fascist trivializing the actual, historical facts of the Holocaust. And I repeat my prediction: she’s a front runner for the 2024 GOP nomination. https://t.co/Y7jwMERhIk
— Jasmin Mujanović (@JasminMuj) May 22, 2021
Oh man, did Marjorie Taylor Greene really compare wearing a mask to the Holocaust?
— David Pakman (@dpakman) May 22, 2021
"Wearing a surgical mask and getting a vaccine is EXACTLY like the Holocaust," said the absolute stupidest fucking person on the planet. https://t.co/z0wUd9lkYE
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) May 22, 2021
The Holocaust: The systematic murder of 6 million Jews.
Mask-wearing: A simple act that costs you nothing and saves lives.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: A troubled person who is unfit to serve in Congress. https://t.co/pSEXRrqiTZ— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) May 21, 2021
Like she gives a fig or a fart about Holocaust otherwise.
— Neil (VAXXED AND READY) Kaplan (@NeKap) May 22, 2021
Hey Marjorie Taylor Greene...
COVID restrictions ARE NOT like gold stars & gas chambers in Nazi Germany!
My 95-year-old grandmother can tell you what the Holocaust was REALLY like: Nazis killed her parents, all 6 siblings & all extended family.
STFU 🖕pic.twitter.com/3cBRUKJQwe— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) May 21, 2021
Hey @mattgaetz, I don't consider it American to ally yourself with a colleague who mocks the Holocaust. https://t.co/DqXmETWH96
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 22, 2021
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