Alaska Republicans, where's the outrage over Rep. David Eastman's latest Tweet?
This new Republican Party is off the chain. In Anchorage, we have Mayor David Bronson, author of "The Tyranny Before Us," working to flood hospitals with as many COVID-19 patients as possible—preparing to do a "political" war with the Anchorage Assembly next Tuesday, and the apparent goal of ensuring COVID-19 continues to be a blight on our city.
Bronson supporter, Save Anchorage member, and Eagle River Assembly Person Jamie Allard defended Nazi terminology on an Alaskan vanity license plate earlier this year. Some of those same group members verbally assaulted former Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz before his resignation, calling him a "ruthless Jew, Mayor Hitler, and Hitler son of a bitch." Rep. Ron Gillham, R-Kenai Soldotna, shared a sensitive image on his Facebook page, which likened members of the media and medical professionals who provide information about COVID-19 vaccines to Nazis executed for war crimes.
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And last week, Rep. David Eastman shared a tweet that quoted a speech Adolph Hitler gave in 1938.
I don't much care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or somewhere in between, or even outside of the two major political parties—Adolf Hitler's name is synonymous with pure evil as the man responsible for the genocide of 6 million Jews and millions of other victims. Please stop invoking his name and please stop comparing anything related to COVID-19 to the atrocities perpetrated against Jews.
It's not clear why Rep. Eastman had the world's most notorious mass murderer on his brain last week, nor why he felt compelled to share a picture of the monster on his Twitter feed or why he thought it would resonate with anyone he shared it with.
Judging by the 100 comments left by Alaskans in Rep. Eastman's Twitter thread, I'm going with—he's probably not a very fine person and hopefully, the Alaska Republican Party doesn't think so either. Hey Alaska GOP, we're all looking forward to your outrage.
