Holocaust

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joined a quick chorus of outrage at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Tuesday after she double-down on her comparison of Covid-19-related rules to the Holocaust. “Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks…

We feel like there was a little while there where people pretty much knew not to compare things to the Holocaust. That’s definitely not the case anymore. We’ve seen AOC compare migrant detention facilities to concentration camps, politicians and celebrities and media comparing Donald Trump to Hitler and Republicans to…

So here’s the thing about GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: she’s an antisemite. Homegirl thinks Jewish-controlled space lasers are responsible for California wildfires. And comparing the House mask mandate to the Holocaust is actually quite offensive to Holocaust victims, who deserve far better than to be invoked to make a…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Republican Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia defended her statement comparing mask policies to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to the atrocities of the Holocaust. She stood by statements she made earlier, Greene saying, “I…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia (Getty Images) One of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's fellow Republican congressmen denounced her recent comments comparing mask wearing to the Holocaust, saying the Georgia representative's statements were "beyond reprehensible." Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., made the comments during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN's "State of…

Republican lawmakers blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the weekend for comparing the House's mask mandate to the Holocaust. The Republicans who criticized Greene were among those who either voted to impeach President Donald Trump this year or, in addition, voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments. Rep.…

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing backlash from social media users as well as criticism from even her own party after she compared U.S. Capitol mask restrictions to the Holocaust. Greene recently told a podcast host that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's continuing pandemic mask requirement was similar to…

US Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene received a fresh wave of backlash on Thursday from Jewish organizations after she compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to continue requiring mask-wearing on the chamber floor to the "yellow badges," or "yellow stars" which the Nazi regime used to mark Jews during the…

What atrocities a human being is capable of and the psychic torments she might or might not suffer in consequence are, to a disturbing degree, social questions. In Joshua Oppenheimer’s disorienting 2012 documentary, The Act of Killing, a group of Indonesian gangsters reminisce in fond tones about the mass rape,…

“USPS lost Grandma (A THREAD)” Arielle Yuspeh typed those words into Twitter late Wednesday afternoon, knowing it was an act of utter desperation. But the West Hollywood resident was running out of options. It had been almost two weeks since her uncle Richard had gone to a post office near…