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Showing Original Post only (View all)GOP leader Kevin McCarthy condemns Marjorie Taylor Greenes tweet comparing vaccinations to Holocaust [View all]
Source: CNBC
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday condemned a member of his own party, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, for comparing a companys Covid vaccination rules with the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling, McCarthy said in a statement.
The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history. The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling, he said.
CNBC has reached out to Taylor Greenes spokesman for a response.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/25/gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-condemns-marjorie-taylor-greenes-tweet-comparing-vaccinations-to-the-holocaust.html
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GOP leader Kevin McCarthy condemns Marjorie Taylor Greenes tweet comparing vaccinations to Holocaust [View all]
Jose Garcia
May 2021
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The complete official statement, which takes a shot at the Democrats while "admonishing" Greene:
George II
May 2021
#6
Marjorie re-tweeted a tweet calling Kevy a c**t and he hasn't called her out on it, so
RVN VET71
May 2021
#37
WOW!!! That is....I don't know what to call it. Hilarious, obviously. But not shocking.
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#38
Reading this again, CNBC has a major error in their headline - she said mask wearing was like...
George II
May 2021
#23