Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask requirements to ‘gas chambers in Nazi Germany’
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXAN) — Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is drawing ire and condemnation for a statement she recently made comparing COVID-19 safety restrictions taken inside the U.S. Capitol to actions made towards Jews during the Holocaust.
During an interview on the conservative cable network Real America’s Voice, Rep. Greene slammed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and told host of “The Water Cooler with David Brody,” podcast: “This woman [Pelosi] is mentally ill. You know, we can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens — so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany and this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about.”
The Washington Post reports The American Jewish Congress is demanding an apology and retraction from Greene.
“You can never compare health-related restrictions with yellow stars, gas chambers & other Nazi atrocities. Such comparisons demean the Holocaust & contaminate American political speech. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene must immediately retract and apologize.”
American Jewish Congress
Meanwhile, fellow Republican Liz Cheney called the comparison “evil lunacy,” according to WaPo. Cheney was recently removed from Republican leadership for her comments against former President Donald Trump.
Another Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger said simply, “Absolute sickness.”
Greene has been an extremely polarizing figure in U.S. politics since her election last November. Greene’s past comments — including QAnon theories and calling 9/11 and school shootings hoaxes — resulted in her removal from House committees.
While Greene later explained that she was “allowed to believe things that weren’t true,” her behavior has continued raising concerns among Congress. Earlier this month, a video form 2019 surfaced, which showed Greene harassing Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez through the mail slot at her U.S. Capitol office.
In the now-deleted video, Greene could be heard saying telling Ocasio-Cortez to “take off your diaper… If you want to be a big girl, you need to get rid of your diaper and come out and be able to talk to the American citizens.”
Veterans call out Ted Cruz after senator says U.S. Army ad shows "woke, emasculated military"
By Christopher Brito
May 22, 2021 / 6:56 AM / CBS News
Veterans criticized Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Thursday after he complained about a U.S. Army recruiting ad that was featured in a viral clip comparing it with a Russian military ad.
The video starts with the Russian ad, depicting soldiers doing pushups, parachuting out of an airplane and aiming their weapons as dramatic music reaches a crescendo in the background. It then pivots quickly to an animated Army clip of a female soldier raised by two mothers who decides to join the U.S. Army.
The video was originally shared on TikTok and now has more than 3 million views on Twitter. Cruz was apparently not a fan and tweeted out, "Holy crap. Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea...."
The senator faced backlash on social media from veterans, lawmakers and others following his remarks. Retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq, took issue with Cruz's comment.
"Holy crap," Duckworth tweeted. "Perhaps a U.S. Senator shouldn't suggest that the *Russian* military is better than the American military that protected him from an insurrection he helped foment?"
VoteVets, a political group that supports veterans and promotes liberal causes, also criticized Cruz.
"Ted Cruz attacks a US Army soldier for telling her story, says he prefers Russians. Because Ted Cruz is a sedition-loving traitor," the group wrote.
Amy McGrath, a former U.S. Marine who ran against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last year, also took aim at Cruz. "Dear @tedcruz- you have no idea what being a warrior is all about. Signed, all women who have worn the uniform to protect your right to be an ass," she wrote.
Former Missouri Senate candidate and Army National Guard veteran Jason Kander questioned Cruz's toughness.
"You can do what like seven pushups I'm guessing?" he tweeted.
Cruz responded to critics saying the U.S. has the "greatest military on earth," but pinned blame on Democrats and media for "trying to turn them into pansies." His spokesperson Erin Perrine told CBS News in a statement that Cruz "passionately supports the brave men and women of the United States military and has repeatedly expressed concerns that Democrat politicians, left wing bureaucrats, and the media are politicizing our armed forces to promote a fringe woke agenda based on identity politics."
"Our military should be focused on winning wars, and we endanger our national security and our servicemembers when they focus on anything else," Perrine added.
However, he wasn't the only one who took issue with the video. An Army official told the Army Times that the comment section of the Army ad on YouTube was removed because of "negative commentary."
The ad features Army Corporal Emma Malonelord, who was raised in California by her two mothers. She decided to join the Army after meeting a recruiter as a student at University of California, Davis.
"Dear @tedcruz- you have no idea what being a warrior is all about. Signed, all women who have worn the uniform to protect your right to be an ass," she wrote.
Priceless.
Seriously - there are a lot of scumbag POS politicians, and they are on both sides of the isle - but man; Cruz, MTG, Nunes, Moscom Mitch, Gaetz - they sure do have a long lead out in front of the rest of the field.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
I obviously don't identify as a Republican anymore, but man, it has been so harsh to watch the party morph into something that has become so ugly.
I think I have become more harsh on Republicans lately because A) they have openly embraced more deplorable behavior and B) because it is hard to watch the party that my father was so fondly a part of become bastardized. He was a small business owner who supported six kids. He didn't care what other people did. He just wanted to be able to run his business as he saw fit and keep a lot of the money he made - while also understanding that he obviously owed his fair share to support the country as a whole, as well. He also wanted to curb government spending and actually follow a budget.
He also had friends that were Democrats. Hell, he married one. It was a civil dynamic. All this Trump and "RINO" and censuring and tossing out phrases like "the radical left" would have disgusted him. But then he would have sidestepped that and asked them what their platform was, which I think unfortunately now is nothing besides "owning the libs."
It has just become so frustrating to see what they have become.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
Sadly I understand your point. Many of my beliefs on domestic policy I'm sure most likely wouldn't align with your own. Not to start a big religious/political debate, but many of those political beliefs line up with my Christian beliefs which many Christians would stand in opposition with.
However, those same beliefs would allow small business owners such as your dad to keep most of their money. I was raised in a union household where it was believed that American workers deserved to make a living.
The 24 hour cable news industry has helped to foster stronger divisions and helped paint anyone with opposing views as the enemy. People only listen to the sources that tell them what they want to hear and it has greatly hampered the ability to hear actual discussion or both sides of an issue.
There was a time not so long ago when people on opposite sides of the political aisle discussed policy disagreements and their vision for the country. Now people simply seem to be spoon fed information and buy into anything they are told with no consideration for the facts.
There are more than a couple of examples on this very board of people who most certainly were Republicans and or conservatives that can no longer support them. I understand why. And while Dawgtalkers isn't a scientific sample size, I think that speaks volumes of how Republicans are actually losing support for allowing the lunatics of their party run the asylum.
I'm actually one person who would love to see both parties split into two parties. On one side a Democratic party and a progressive party. On the other side a conservative party and the current lunatic fringe.
Four choices are twice as good as two choices.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I agree 100%. The funny thing is that my mom was a "union-style" democrat who had liberal fiscal policies, but conservative social policies. They would have civil disagreements when talking about things, but it was never a big deal.
That was the dynamic of my family in a nutshell until cable news networks hit.
Blue ostriches on crack float on milkshakes between the sidewalk titans of gurglefitz. --YTown
I've had political differences before Trump with family, but nothing like it is now. There are several extended family members I won't even talk to anymore due to their actions and things they said in support of Trump. I'm done with them. Fox news scrambled their brains permanently and they can see nothing wrong with anything Trump did. I don't have time for idiots in my life.
BETWEEN this kind of thing, abortion laws, and voting laws the GOP is straight up trying to turn America into some "Handmaid's Tale" type of country. When I see crap like this but also see/hear GOPers decrying cancel culture I just can't help but laugh and shake my head. The GOP is a plague on this country and True conservatives need to fix it or form a new party because the GOP is dying before our eyes.
EDIT: Also, Trump had many opportunities to stay within the user TOS on social media but time and again blew it because he thinks he's above laws, rules, and limits. He's a certain kind of special but not that one. If any of us posted the crap he did, we would expect and accept the bans. There is no way he would have signed a law like this if it was a dem that was banned. The GOPers just think they get to make all the rules and then ONLY others have to follow them... smh
I've had political differences before Trump with family, but nothing like it is now. There are several extended family members I won't even talk to anymore due to their actions and things they said in support of Trump. I'm done with them. Fox news scrambled their brains permanently and they can see nothing wrong with anything Trump did. I don't have time for idiots in my life.
Dont let politics come between family. Family is more important than that.
Nah, a cousin's husband and a sister-in-law and uncle that I rarely ever talked to are just not that important. They are not dead, but as far as I'm concerned they might as well be. Other than a greeting or a nod if we are at a family event together is all they'll ever get from me again. And if it wasn't for tearing my mom up, I wouldn't do that much.
Fam is still more important than differences. Youre not gonna live forever and neither will your family. Someday you will miss the time you could of spent with someone.
My brother is a die hard dem. and liberal. I am, uh..........not.
Guess what we do, out of respect for each other. We don't discuss politics. It's weird how that works, isn't it. He knows how I feel and he won't change me. I know how he feels and I won't change him
Of my 3 siblings, he and I are the closest and I even got a text from him 2 weeks ago saying as much.
Family. First. Politics is NO reason to lose or ignore a family member, or even a friend - shoot, even an outside friend.
My brother is a die hard dem. and liberal. I am, uh..........not.
Guess what we do, out of respect for each other. We don't discuss politics. It's weird how that works, isn't it. He knows how I feel and he won't change me. I know how he feels and I won't change him
Of my 3 siblings, he and I are the closest and I even got a text from him 2 weeks ago saying as much.
Family. First. Politics is NO reason to lose or ignore a family member, or even a friend - shoot, even an outside friend.
My Brother and his daughters are all die hard Trumpers.. Not Republicans.. Just diehard Trumpers.
They still believe that at some point over the next several months that the election will be overturned and Trump will be reinstalled at president.
That kinda thinking is just to stupid for me..
Oh, ,by the way, none of them Vote... They just talk....
I still call him on his birthday.. But I've not invited them to my home for anything since they all refuse to get Vac's... My Mom in Law comes to our house and she is in a danger class.. I'm not taking any chances.. But they don't seem to think its a big deal.. When asked why they feel that way, it's because Trump said Covid was a hoax to get him out of office...
they actually believe that.
We don't talk much....
#GMSTRONG
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynahan
"Alternative facts hurt us all. Think before you blindly believe." Damanshot
My brother is a die hard dem. and liberal. I am, uh..........not.
Guess what we do, out of respect for each other. We don't discuss politics. It's weird how that works, isn't it. He knows how I feel and he won't change me. I know how he feels and I won't change him
Of my 3 siblings, he and I are the closest and I even got a text from him 2 weeks ago saying as much.
Family. First. Politics is NO reason to lose or ignore a family member, or even a friend - shoot, even an outside friend.
I agree family first - and it's great that you have that reciprocal relationship with your liberal brother. However - you can't change other people like you say - and there are people in the world who are not prepared to set aside their politics, and feel entitled or that it's their responsibility to preach and convert others, so that reciprocal relationship is not always possible.
I have a small family - we didn't and don't talk politics. My closest friends are made up of many Conservatives. If we get into it - we express our thoughts, point out where the others short comings or blind spots might be regards to their argument, but always leave on good terms. Normally a conversation will start after there is an opportunity for a little playful dig, like when Trump talked about bleach and sunlight as possible treatments.... That started a conversation one night that I remember. But it's once in a blue moon.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
I've had political differences before Trump with family, but nothing like it is now. There are several extended family members I won't even talk to anymore due to their actions and things they said in support of Trump. I'm done with them. Fox news scrambled their brains permanently and they can see nothing wrong with anything Trump did. I don't have time for idiots in my life.
Dont let politics come between family. Family is more important than that.
Not if they back the big lie. Screw em. Got cousins in Hicksville Ohio I’ll never talk to again. Thankfully my brother is a reasonable republican who doesn’t believe th big lie and thinks trump is the main reason the covid crisis wasn’t over months ago and killed thousand more of US citizens. And you haven’t heard? Family members, moms, dads, siblings, all turning in their own for being at the capitol insurrection Jan 6th.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
I come from a big family. My dad was one of 8 children. So I have a ton of cousins and such. A few I no longer really deal with. They went off the deep end with donny. I frankly just don’t need them in my life. There’s plenty of other sane family I can have around when I choose. Being 2500 miles from my family helps in that I just dropped the loonies from my Facebook so they can post all the sToP tHE SteAL nonsense they want and I no longer have to bear witness to their mental decline. I feel no loss. I’m sure they feel the same.
I have had no problem not bringing up politics with relatives who have differing political beliefs than my own. The problem is getting them to stop. Any suggestions?
They actually try to ask me questions as to why I don't believe "Trump 'fill in the blank'"? Or "Why I believe Trump did 'fill in the blank'"? They spout nothing but lies and politics. So my choice is to ignore them and pi$$ them off or answer them and pi$$ them off.
The reason I talk politics here is because that is exactly what this forum was designed for.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
how does he even begin to enforce something like this? seems pretty vague.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
She doubled down on her Nazi comparison to masks. I don't see the GOP knocking her down peg or punishing her for it. Yet they punished Liz Cheney for telling the truth which will serve to undermine Trump's election lies. This is what the Republican party has turned into.
Her original comment...
Doubling down....
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
It will get tossed in the court the first time FL attempts to impose a fine on one of these companies if not sooner.
This bill is more about DeSantis building his brand for a run in 2024. It's largely symbolic. DeSantis will yell about cancel culture on the campaign trail and tout this as him taking a stand against Big Tech and fighting for 1st amendment rights.
It also doubles as paying fealty to Trump with him being banned by these private companies.
It's certainly all political. The situation as it pertains to Covid varies from city to city and from county to country. It seems Republicans always complain about the federal government not respecting the rights of the states. Yet I haven't heard any backlash about governors like DeSantis taking the rights away from local mayors or officials.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I wish all the big social media sites would just close all FL resident accounts immediately over this. Talk about backfire and backlash lol, people would lose their minds.
This bill is more about DeSantis building his brand for a run in 2024.
DeSantis will yell about cancel culture on the campaign trail and tout this as him taking a stand against Big Tech and fighting for 1st amendment rights.
It also doubles as paying fealty to Trump with him being banned by these private companies.
Yes yes and yes.
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
The insurrection has not ended. There are still a LOT of Trump signs in my county, some of them new. Trump supporters BELIEVE that the election, the most secure in history, was rigged. They BELIEVE there's a need to create voting laws that enable Republican legislatures the ability to replace election boards and officials. They push to move gun rights to "whatever you want" and there is the sound of all type of weaponry in the near and far distance in my county, plus we're now a 2nd amendment sanctuary. Conservative politicians have lost any connection to reality. They truly BELIEVE that tyranny is hidden in healthcare, civil rights and TRUE American history and they have sworn to fight ANY advance in anything that would benefit citizens as whole. They perceive politics as ZERO SUM. If someone else benefits, they lose.
The insurrection has not ended. There are still a LOT of Trump signs in my county, some of them new. Trump supporters BELIEVE that the election, the most secure in history, was rigged. They BELIEVE there's a need to create voting laws that enable Republican legislatures the ability to replace election boards and officials. They push to move gun rights to "whatever you want" and there is the sound of all type of weaponry in the near and far distance in my county, plus we're now a 2nd amendment sanctuary. Conservative politicians have lost any connection to reality. They truly BELIEVE that tyranny is hidden in healthcare, civil rights and TRUE American history and they have sworn to fight ANY advance in anything that would benefit citizens as whole. They perceive politics as ZERO SUM. If someone else benefits, they lose.
We are not in a good/safe place as Americans.
I believe you are correct. Which is one reason why - despite all the accusations coming from the Trump supporters about how unAmerican the Democratic values are and how they are tantamount to Communists ... the very real reality is that ANYONE pedaling and enabling the big fat lie of "Stolen Election" is acting more counter to American interests than any Antifa or left looney fringe of whatever political group you want to name. Morally bankrupt and actively undermining our democracy.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Trump isn't running again in 2024. He can make enough money controlling the party in other aspects. Plus, he won't allow himself the risk of losing twice. Screaming the election was rigged worked once for him and he was able to benefit from donors financially tremendously based on the lie.
You're probably right. Again, I doubt it happens, but if he doesn't run again, DeSantis is in a good spot to get his endorsement, and he's acting in said manner.
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