I’ve read a lot of awful stories about awful people lately, but this takes the cake.
The Alaskan state congress is instituting a health screening process for legislators. Those who pass get a sticker. One GOP state legislator has decided that this is exactly like what the Nazis did.
Those who pass the screening will be asked to wear a sticker.
“How about an arm band that won’t fall off like a sticker will?' Rep. Ben Carpenter wrote in a message copied to all 40 members of the Alaska House.
“If my sticker falls off, do I get a new one or do I get public shaming too? Are the stickers available as a yellow Star of David?”
As you might expect, Carpenter’s message was seen by “some” as… inappropriate. And they said as much.
By phone, Carpenter said he didn’t intend to 'rile somebody.'
“I certainly have no ill will toward the Jewish nation and the Jewish people in our country,” he said.
Ummm... Since when are Jewish Americans known as "Jewish people in our country"? In whose country? Please, be specific.
Undeterred by the ongoing criticism, Carpenter continued to “explain” himself:
“Hitler wasn’t fearful of a Jewish nation because there was not one. The point was that it was fear that drove him. The attention of his fear was undesirables, including Jews. And the larger point is that PEOPLE FOLLOWED HIM.”
Sounds like someone needs to resign.
Sounds like a certain political party needs to learn how to denounce people with repugnant views and kick them out of the party. Unless, of course, this is the party they want to be.
Article here: Alaska legislator compares pandemic safety measures at Capitol to Nazi treatment of Jews