John Rustad apologizes for response during interview about possible legal follow-up to COVID-19 response
Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad Monday tried to further distance himself from an interview where he was asked if he supported Nuremberg-style trials against public officials supporting COVID-19 vaccines and mandates.
"Any attempt to compare or equate the Nuremberg Trials or Nazi Germany to the COVID-19 pandemic is completely inappropriate and unacceptable," Rustad said on social media Sunday night after Ottawa-based Press Progress had first reported on his response to a question from Jedediah Ferguson, president of the United Health Care Workers of B.C.
"To compare these trials, which sought accountability for the atrocities of the Holocaust, to any modern-day public health measures is a distortion of history and deeply disrespectful to the memory of those who suffered," Rustad said."I strongly condemn any such comparisons and reaffirm my commitment to preserving the integrity of historical truths.""On today of all days, to have John Rustad on Twitter talking about a comparison between between the Holocaust...
Opposition research collected by B.C. United and publicly available highlights comments from Conservative candidates drawing comparisons between the Holocaust and COVID-19 measures.
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