ToplineRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has resumed comparing coronavirus measures to Nazi tactics just weeks after apologizing for similar past comments, even doubling down when confronted by the White House about her latest remarks. UNITED STATES - June 14: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., holds a news conference to apologize ... [+] for her recent remarks equating mask mandates with the Holocaust in Washington on Monday, June 14, 2021. That comment came in a thread about her tweeting the day earlier that the White House’s “door-to-door” covid vaccine information effort is akin to the “brown shirts,” a Nazi Party paramilitary group. Crucial Quote“There are words that I’ve said and remarks that I’ve made that I know are offensive,” Greene said of her Nazi comparisons after her Holocaust Museum visit in mid-June. Chief Critic“Marjorie Taylor Greene has no place in Congress,” Joel Rubin, executive director of the Jewish advocacy group American Jewish Congress, said in a statement, calling for all members of Congress to “denounce” her.

Source: Forbes July 07, 2021 14:48 UTC