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The Trump ally’s remarks since taking office in January have been controversial.
A Republican congressman apologized for comparing the mask rules under the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with the Nazis’ labeling of Jews.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, USA, denied her remarks after visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
The conservative congressman said she must admit that she had made “offensive remarks.”
The Trump ally has been controversial since he took office in January.
On Monday (June 14), Greene said in a speech outside the U.S. Capitol: “Father has always taught me that I should take responsibility when I make a mistake. And I made a mistake, and it really bothered me for several weeks, so I definitely want to take it. (responsibility).”
She added: “It is not comparable to the (Nazi) Holocaust. I know that some of what I have said is offensive, and I want to apologize for that.”
She continued: “If we can lead (the American people) in one way, if we mess up, it is very important that we apologize.”
What did Green say at first?
In an interview with a conservative podcast last month, the 47-year-old Green criticized the security measures taken by Democrats in the House of Representatives, including wearing masks.
“Looking back at history, people were required to wear gold stars,” she said. “They were treated as second-class citizens. They were taken to the gas chamber after being imprisoned in a train in Nazi Germany. This is Nancy Pelosi (Democratic Party). The kind of abuse the Speaker of the House of Representatives said.”
After arousing criticism from the leadership of the Republican Party, Green still insisted on this analogy.
She tweeted a news about a supermarket chain plan to allow vaccinated workers not to wear masks.
“Employees who are vaccinated will be given a vaccination mark, just like the Nazis forced Jews to wear gold stars,” the member of Parliament posted.
How did Green cause controversy before?
In February of this year, the US House of Representatives voted to remove her from the two committees because of her post on Facebook before her election in November last year. Her 11 Republican colleagues agreed with the Democrats and voted against her.
In a post on social media, Green advocated violence against Democrats and the FBI.
She apologized for her remarks and retracted a previous statement that no plane crashed into the Pentagon in the “9/11 incident.”
Green was also criticized for other inflammatory remarks: She once said that the 2018 midterm elections in the United States ushered in “Islamic invasion of our government.”
In 2018, she believed that the California fire was triggered by space lasers, which she believed were controlled by the famous Jewish banking company Rothschilds.