GOP Rep. Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Beyond Reprehensible' Holocaust Remarks

Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) on Sunday strongly condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for comparing congressional mask mandates to the violence Nazis inflicted during the Holocaust.

Its beyond reprehensible, Meijer said of his far-right colleague on CNN s State Of The Union with host Dana Bash. I dont even have words to describe how disappointing it is to see this hyperbolic speech that, frankly, amps up and plays into a lot of the antisemitism that we have been seeing in our society today.

He referred to a recent spike in antisemitic attacks across the country, which come after Israels bombardment of Gaza over the past two weeks.

I do condemn that in the strongest terms, there is no excuse for that, he said of recent violence in Los Angeles and New York.

During a conversation on a Christian Broadcasting Network podcast last week, Greene, who has been formally warned for failing to wear a mask on the House floor, complained about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s (D-Calif.) request that lawmakers prove theyve been vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be allowed to stop wearing a mask. She equated Pelosis demands to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.

GOP Rep. Peter Meijer says Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments comparing House mask mandates to the Holocaust are \"beyond reprehensible.\"

\"I don't even have words to describe how disappointing it is to see this hyperbolic speech...\" #CNNSOTU https://t.co/TrVk9nFECE pic.twitter.com/hc0dbUCSSV

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GOP Rep. Peter Meijer says Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments comparing House mask mandates to the Holocaust are "beyond reprehensible."

"I don't even have words to describe how disappointing it is to see this hyperbolic speech..." #CNNSOTU https://t.co/TrVk9nFECE pic.twitter.com/hc0dbUCSSV
State of the Union (@CNNSotu) May 23, 2021

Meijer said that big personalities pushing messages with little substance presumably Greene are stalling efforts to come up with policy solutions to pressing issues like climate change and competition with China.

The broader challenge right now is that thats where the oxygen is. Its in the most outlandish, the most far-fetched, the most attention-seeking message, right? Meijer said. We should be talking about policies.

Earlier this year, Greene was stripped of her committee assignments by fellow House members for endorsing violence against prominent Democrats and supporting lies about mass shootings. But beyond that, she has faced little to no backlash from members of her own party, despite persistently pulling offensive, attention-grabbing stunts and spreading hateful and dangerous conspiracy theories .