The backlash was swift: “Ben, this is disgusting,” one Jewish representative wrote back in emails first posted by the Alaska Landmine. “People want to say Hitler was a white supremacist. ADADAnti-Semitic symbols and Confederate flags have also popped up at protests, causing offense and getting entangled in resistance to lockdowns. Democratic colleague Rep. Andy Josephson told the Anchorage Daily News: “I don’t know there’s a whole lot more to say. ADThe requirement that sparked Carpenter’s email, though, was quite limited in scope: a rule that state legislators wear stickers indicating they’ve passed a health test when they head back to Juneau on Monday.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2020 00:40 UTC