Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) faces criticism for her comments comparing a
mask mandate to the Holocaust during an interview on “Real America’s Voice” while
also calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “mentally ill.”
Greene wouldn’t walk back her remarks as the next day she doubled down on her
comments say, “I said nothing wrong.” In Monday’s edition of “The Lead with Jake
Tapper,” the CNN anchor hosted a roundtable to discuss Greene’s comments.
“I don’t think they’re going to,” Amanda Carpenter, a former staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-TX), said.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene can apparently say whatever she wants. There’s no
consequences. There’s no repercussions because the Republican leadership thinks she
has a better tie to the Trump base that they still want to win than they do.”
Tapper would provide his thoughts during the segment where he would call out Greene
for her comments.
“I’m used to all sorts of dogwhistles about being Jewish and about Jews, but to compare
Pelosi saying, “If you’re not vaccinated you need to wear a mask,” to the slaughter of six
million Jews – babies, children, women, old people, men – to me it just signifies, you
really think that a Jewish life is worth so little that it’s equal to asking you to wear a
mask?” Tapper said.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
