Sorry, Not Sorry
Lawmaker still linking COVID protocols, Nazi Germany
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is at it again.
After President Joe Biden announced a plan to achieve herd immunity against COVID by going door-to-door to encourage people to get vaccinated, Greene Tweeted on July 6:
The incendiary and inaccurate Tweet comes less than a month after Greene apologized for saying the House of Representatives’ COVID safety measures were akin to Jews being forced to “wear a gold star” before being “put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany.” The apology also followed a private tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. At the time, Greene said she wanted to “own” her mistake, adding, “There is no comparison to the Holocaust.”
Then why is she shooting off her mouth again?
The Facts
The freshman representative claims she visited the Auschwitz death camp as a teenager. That is why it is so difficult to understand how nonchalantly she peppers public comments with inflammatory Nazi- and Holocaust-era references.
Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, or supporter of another ideology, facts are facts. Politics aside, let us take a closer look at Greene’s problematic Tweet:
Brownshirts (aka Sturmbateilung)—so named because of the color of the members’ attire—are a paramilitary group who helped bolster Adolf Hitler to power by providing protection at his rallies and violently targeting Jews, other minorities, and Hitler’s political detractors.
Biden advocates reaching out to people in their neighborhoods to discuss the COVID vaccine; neither he nor the federal government mandates vaccination.
The COVID vaccine has conditional FDA approval.
Jewish Groups Respond
Many in the organized Jewish community are outraged. Among those criticizing Greene’s remarks and/or calling for Congress to denounce her statements are:
Jewish Federations of North America
American Jewish Congress
Anti-Defamation League
B’nai B’rith International
What is Next?
Most readers of The Tolerance Talker do not reside in Georgia, so we are unable to vote Greene out of office when she comes up for reelection. Still, depending on how political or apolitical we are, there are steps we can take to express our displeasure:
Contact your own representative. Ask him or her to support a censure of Greene.
Encourage friends in Georgia to publicly rebuke Greene by writing letters to newspapers and magazines, demonstrating outside her office and at her public appearances, and—when the time comes—actively campaigning against her reelection.
Educate the public about the consequences of hate by volunteering with Holocaust education programs, such as those offered by Kol Israel Foundation. Contact mlax@kifcle.org to find out how you can help.
Tell Us What You Think
Visit KIF’s Facebook page to tell us how you think Survivor families—and indeed the general public—should respond when elected officials distort the Holocaust.
