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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wears a Stop the Steal mask while speaking with fellow first-term Republican members of Congress, on the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, January 4, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
WASHINGTON Controversial US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene doubled down Tuesday on equating mask mandates with Nazis forcing Jews to wear yellow stars in war-era Germany, earning a stern rebuke from Republican leadership.
Greene, a freshman Republican from Georgia, tweeted about a business making its employees who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus wear a vaccination logo on their name badge.
“Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi’s [sic] forced Jewish people to wear a gold star,” Greene wrote.
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Mitch McConnell Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene s COVID Holocaust Comments Absolutely Outrageous and Reprehensible
On 5/25/21 at 5:15 PM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky condemned Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene s recent comments comparing coronavirus masking and vaccine mandates to the horrors of the Holocaust under Nazi Germany. He called her words one of the frequent outbursts that are absolutely outrageous and reprehensible.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media after a Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 9, 2020. On Tuesday, he condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene s comments comparing masks and vaccinations to the Holocaust.
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene drew a rare condemnation from the top House Republican for the latest in a series of incendiary comments she has made.
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