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Karamo is such a gift for Michigan Democrats.
‘MIGOP stands by our statement’: Michigan GOP compares gun control to Holocaust, won't apologizeBy Hilary Golston and FOX 2 Staff
Published March 22, 2023 4:12PM
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Michigan's Republican Party is facing strong backlash after a controversial tweet comparing the state's gun control measures to the Holocaust.
A press conference is being held at 5 p.m. by state GOP leader Kristina Karamo to address the statement.
The verified Michigan GOP Twitter page posted an update just before 8:30 Wednesday morning saying the following: #History has shown us that the first thing a government does when it wants total control over its people is to disarm them. President Reagan once stated, "if we lose #freedom here, there is nowhere else to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth." #2A #GOP
Included with the text was a historical photo of a crate full of rings taken from Jewish families by Nazi soldiers and the text "Before they collected all these wedding rings…they collected all the guns."
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