The Republican US House member is just plain ‘out there’….
Ten’s of millions of American’s are STILL wearing mask’s around the country for their ‘own’ health….
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to continue to require members of the House to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust,” CNN reports.
Said Greene: “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. And this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about.”
Oh I think Cong.Greene and her attitudes represent a substantial portion of opinion among Republicans today.
Their weird obsession with masks has been one of the defining features of this pandemic.
What you might think is “out there?”Many Republicans regard as “showing them libruls.”
In a weird way this comparison is anti-Semitic, not only is this comparison ridiculous it diminishes the sacrifice of the Holocaust. This is something Tucker Carlson would say.
The only parallel I can think of is if thinks masks were to be imposed selectively on the unvaccinated somehow singling them out for obloquy and discrimination in the way the Scarlet Letter or yellow Stars of David were.
“I am unvaccinated and thus unclean, so I’m not allowed to come here, mingle with the virtuous or do something in particular without a mask; stay away!”
But such a requirement is purely for public health reasons (protecting both the unvaccinated wearer and those who meet them) and by necessity has (in the absence of vaccine passports) to rely on trust.
Unfortunately, those who are obstinate or paranoid about masks tend to be just the very people who endanger everyone else by refusing a vaccination.
The reckless driver without a seat belt mainly increases the danger to himself or herself. The reckless driver without brakes endangers both himself and everyone else.
Yes Keith….
Trump’s Bull Shit…IS BULL SHIT…..
27 Possible Voter Fraud Cases In 3 Million Ballots
“Wisconsin election officials identified just 27 potential cases of voter fraud out of 3.3 million ballots cast in the November presidential election and forwarded them to local district attorneys for possible prosecution,” the AP reports.
I interpreted Keith’s comment as being about Marjorie Greene’s holocaust comparison to mask wearing.
It had nothing to do with Trump per se ;thus ,your addressing him about “ Trumps BS” is puzzling.
Greene would be a nobody pre-Trump BS….
And THAT is why she gets attention now
And gets away with her wacko antics
Greene is regarded by most of the country as a nut job.
When you say she would be a nobody if not for Trump, exactly what do you think she is now?Odds are that she will never be a leader of the GOP. So she can harass Democratic Congresswomen and appear with Matt Gaetz on a MAGA tour. Does this make her important?
Ok
A nut job that gets media attention?
Now…..0
Yeah I agree that it’s a mistake to give MTG too much attention. She’s a nutcase, but there have been wackos in Congress before (see Steve King and Michelle Bachman).
I think that Greene would have still been elected if it weren’t for Trump. She has a long history of exposing conservative conspiracy theories and her district is one of the most conservative in the country, and especially for the east coast.
I STILL think she’d be a nobody though..
…By Saturday, a slew of Democrats and a handful of Republicans had condemned Greene’s remarks, though some of the most pointed pushback came from the minority of voices in Greene’s own party.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was recently ousted from Republican leadership for her criticism of former president Donald Trump, decried Greene’s comparison as “evil lunacy.”
By Saturday, a slew of Democrats and a handful of Republicans had condemned Greene’s remarks, though some of the most pointed pushback came from the minority of voices in Greene’s own party.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who was recently ousted from Republican leadership for her criticism of former president Donald Trump, decried Greene’s comparison as “evil lunacy.”…
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Several critics noted that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had remained silent about Greene’s remarks. Representatives for his and for Greene’s offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday….
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Greene has a history of “espousing” conservative conspiracy theories, including pizzagate.