United States: pro-Trump elected Marjorie Taylor Greene at the heart of a new controversy
House pro-Trump elected Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter compared the Covid-19 vaccine passport to the wearing of the yellow star imposed on Jews by the Nazis.
Words immediately condemned by the leader of the Republican minority in the House.
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This pro-Trump elected representative of the House on Twitter compared the vaccine passport against Covid-19 to the wearing of the yellow star imposed on Jews by the Nazis.
The hierarchy of the Republican Party said it was indignant, but no sanction has yet been taken.
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Anne Corpet
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Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo like the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear a yellow star,
" Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted, commenting on the wearing of a badge by vaccinated supermarket employees.
The message of the elected representative of Georgia immediately aroused indignant reactions on the social network.
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I never mentioned the Holocaust, just the discrimination against Jews in the early years of the Nazis,
" insisted Marjoree Taylor Greene.
Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi's forced Jewish people to wear a gold star.
Vaccine passports & mask mandates create discrimination against unvaxxed people who trust their immune systems to a virus that is 99% survivable.
- Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) May 25, 2021
Remarks condemned by the leader of the Republican minority in the House
What lead to a firm and rare condemnation of the leader of the Republican minority in the House.
"
Marjorie is wrong and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust to wearing a mask is deplorable,
" said Kevin McCarthy in a statement.
Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling.
Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.
My full statement: https://t.co/KnliN3YbJ2
- Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) May 25, 2021
The leader of the Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, also went there with his condemnation: “
It is a frequent overflow, absolutely scandalous and reprehensible.
"
For now, no sanction is openly considered by the Republican hierarchy in the House.
Last February, Marjorie Taylor Greene was excluded by Democrats from the two House committees where she sat, after inflammatory and controversial comments.
At the time, only eleven Republicans voted in favor of the measure.
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