Newsweek: GOP Lawmaker Deletes Tweet Comparing Vaccine Mandates to the Holocaust
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a statement by Colmon Elridge, Chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party:
“Once again, Thomas Massie has made a fool of himself on the national stage and embarrassed the commonwealth. Denigrating the victims and survivors of the Holocaust just to score cheap political points is ignorant, shameful, and has no place in our politics or American society. Trying to quietly delete his tweet without apologizing for his ignorant and offensive behavior? That’s rock bottom pathetic. It should not fall to Kentucky’s Jewish community to continuously assail these demented political games. I hope all leaders, including Massie’s GOP colleagues, join us in denouncing this behavior. The Kentucky I know is and deserves better.”
By EWAN PALMER
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has deleted a tweet comparing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the tattoos issued to concentration camp prisoners during the Holocaust.
Massie, who represents Kentucky's 4th congressional district, on Wednesday shared the image of a clenched fist with a numbered tattoo on a wrist, similar to Nazi concentration camps identification numbers.
The photo contains the caption: "If you have to carry a card on you to gain access to a restaurant, venue or an event in your own country...that's no longer a free country."