GOP congressman blasted for drawing parallels between health policies in Nazi Germany and Washington, DC
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) took aim at Covid vaccine card mandates in Washington, DC with a Nazi Germany comparison, only to find numerous critics blasting the message, including the Auschwitz Memorial Museum.
Davidson tweeted in response to a message from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who reminded residents of the US capital that the city will require proof of Covid vaccination for people 12 and up, and photo IDs for those 18 and older, beginning on Saturday. Masking in public is also mandatory.
Bowser’s tweet received plenty of criticism from lawmakers, but the response to stand out the most may have been Davidson’s, who wrote, “This has been done before,” adding a picture of an identification card used in Nazi Germany.
The card documented the origin of its holder, and was part of the Nazi segregationist policy primarily targeting Jews.
This has been done before. #DoNotComply https://t.co/6rnI83Ioga pic.twitter.com/pHeeNPVhlP
— Warren Davidson (@WarrenDavidson) January 12, 2022
“Let’s recall that the Nazis dehumanized Jewish people before segregating them, segregated them before imprisoning them, imprisoned them before enslaving them, and enslaved them before massacring them,” Davidson wrote in a followup tweet.
The Auschwitz Memorial Musuem accused Davidson of “exploiting” the “tragedy” of all those who suffered under Nazi Germany and blasted the tweet as a “sad symptom of moral and intellectual decay.”
Many Democrats also expressed outrage over Davidson’s comparison and demanded an apology.
GOP Congressman @WarrenDavidson must apologize and remove this tweet.
We can’t believe we have to keep saying this – but comparing vaccine mandates to the atrocities committed by Nazis is unhinged, inexcusable, and insulting. https://t.co/8Vuxshuod1
— Democratic Majority for Israel (@DemMaj4Israel) January 12, 2022
Pandemic restrictions and contested vaccine mandates have led to several Republicans using Nazi Germany in their arguments against government overreach in the US.
In a March interview, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) said that the idea of introducing vaccine passports “smack of 1940s Nazi Germany,” while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) found herself embroiled in major controversy in June, over repeatedly drawing paralles between US policies and Nazi practices. After pressure from her own party, Greene apologized and visited the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
However, she later doubled down on the comparison, using the the term “vaccine Nazis” when opposing Covid mandates during a November interview.
“I’m sorry. I know I’m using the word ‘Nazi’ and everybody gets mad when I say it, but that’s exactly what [mandates] are,” she said.
source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
