Post by addisona on Feb 11, 2022 12:58:24 GMT
Congressman apologizes for comparing COVID policies to Nazi Germany
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, apologized one day after comparing Washington, D.C.’s COVID-19 mitigation policies to Nazi Germany.
"Bad things happen when governments dehumanize people," Davidson wrote in a statement Thursday. "Sometimes, there is a next step — to systematically segregate them.”
“Unfortunately, any reference to how the Nazis actually did that prevents a focus on anything other than the Holocaust,” Davidson continued, implying that comparing vaccine mandates to Nazi tactics would be acceptable with more nuance. “I appreciate my Jewish friends who have explained their perspectives and feel horrible that I have offended anyone. My sincere apologies."
“For congressman Davidson to equate vaccine mandates with the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis is beyond repugnant,” said Cathy Heldman, director of the American Jewish Committee's Cincinnati office. “We call on him to apologize for this hurtful and completely inappropriate comparison. Antisemitic tropes have no place in the conversation about COVID vaccines.”
news.yahoo.com/congressman-apologizes-for-comparing-covid-policies-to-nazi-germany-184528327.html
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, apologized one day after comparing Washington, D.C.’s COVID-19 mitigation policies to Nazi Germany.
"Bad things happen when governments dehumanize people," Davidson wrote in a statement Thursday. "Sometimes, there is a next step — to systematically segregate them.”
“Unfortunately, any reference to how the Nazis actually did that prevents a focus on anything other than the Holocaust,” Davidson continued, implying that comparing vaccine mandates to Nazi tactics would be acceptable with more nuance. “I appreciate my Jewish friends who have explained their perspectives and feel horrible that I have offended anyone. My sincere apologies."
“For congressman Davidson to equate vaccine mandates with the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis is beyond repugnant,” said Cathy Heldman, director of the American Jewish Committee's Cincinnati office. “We call on him to apologize for this hurtful and completely inappropriate comparison. Antisemitic tropes have no place in the conversation about COVID vaccines.”
news.yahoo.com/congressman-apologizes-for-comparing-covid-policies-to-nazi-germany-184528327.html