Mountain Iron City Council Member Julie Buria, candidate for Minnesota House seat 6B, shares an image on Facebook containing graphic imagery from the Holocaust, comparing COVID-19 public health measures to the murder of 6 million Jews.
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The Washaba County GOP posts a Facebook image comparing Minnesota's mask mandate to Nazi Germany forcing Jews to wear yellow stars. The MN GOP Chairwoman initially claims the Facebook page was hacked. She later admits the post was shared by a county party board member.
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Minnesota City Councilman suggests people with COVID should wear “a bright yellow star” as a “badge.” He refuses to apologize, saying instead “People are overly friggin’ sensitive,” and arguing that he cannot be antisemitic because he has “been to Israel.”
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The Anderson County Review, a local Kansas newspaper owned by Anderson County Republican Party chairman Dane Hicks, shares a cartoon comparing mandatory masks to the Holocaust.
Read MoreRepublican Alaska State Rep says, “People want to say Hitler was a white supremacist. No. He was fearful of the Jewish nation, and that drove him into some unfathomable atrocities.”
Read MoreOn their official Facebook account, the Berk County Republicans call Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf a Nazi for enforcing stay-at-home orders in counties that ignore state rules. Criticized by local Jewish groups, as well as county and state politicians, they change the word “Nazi” to “Marxist Left” and refuse to apologize.
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The city of San Antonio passes a resolution against using racialized speech when referencing COVID, in response to a rise in hate crimes. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls the resolution “NUTS,” and accuses the San Antonio city council of being “triggered,” amplifying a tweet that describes the resolution as “a Gestapo or Soviet move.”
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Pennsylvania State Rep. Cris Dush (R) compares Governor Tom Wolf’s (D) administration to the Nazis during a House State Government Committee hearing.
Read MoreAn anti-lockdown protestor in Idaho compares the temporary closure of non-essential businesses to the mass murder of Jew in Nazi Germany. Donald Trump and leaders of the GOP have repeatedly expressed support for anti-lockdown protests, and have failed to condemn the growing presence of antisemitism at these events.
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In an interview, Idaho State Representative Heather Scott says her state’s stay-at-home order and closure of non-essential businesses is “no different than Nazi Germany.”
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Colorado State House Minority Leader Patrick Neville says that the stay-at-home order Governor Jared Polis, who is Jewish, put in place, are causing a "Gestapo-like mentality.”
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