From left: Mitch McConnell and Marjorie Taylor Greene.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty
Republicans are, again, distancing themselves from an “outrageous” and “reprehensible” comment from freshman Georgia Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene.Greene, who has stirred repeated controversy with her provocative style since before she took office in January, on Tuesday compared a Tennessee grocery store’s decision to have employees wear stickers showing they’ve been vaccinated againstCOVID-19to the conditions Jewish people faced under the Nazis.“Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi’s forced Jewish people to wear a gold star,” Greene tweeted, comparing the logo to the identifying stars Jews were forced to wear.
“Vaccine passports & mask mandates create discrimination against unvaxxed people who trust their immune systems,” she wrote.Republicans, including the party’s top lawmakers, soon slammed her comparison.“Once again an outrageous and reprehensible comment,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN.
“Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement.“Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling,” McCarthy’s statement continued. “The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history. The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling.“Rep. Steve Scalise, the House of Representative’s No. 2 GOP lawmaker, likewise denounced Greene’s opinion through his spokesperson.
Elise Stefanik, who was recently named the House’s No. 3-ranking Republican, tweeted that Greene’s remark “belittles the most significant human atrocities ever committed.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.Erin Scott-Pool/Getty
source: people.com
