Colorado congresswoman compares vaccination effort to Nazis

The GOP Representative called door-to-door vaccination efforts "needle Nazis" after a Joe Biden speech.

US Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
US Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert speaking with attendees at the 2020 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
GOP Representative Lauren Boebert called medical professionals conducting door-to-door vaccination efforts "needle Nazis" on Thursday.
"Biden has deployed his Needle Nazis to Mesa County," Boebert tweeted. "The people of my district are more than smart enough to make their own decisions about the experimental vaccine and don't need coercion by federal agents. Did I wake up in Communist China?"

 

This is in response to a speech by US President Joe Biden stating "we need to go to community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood, and oftentimes, door to door — literally knocking on doors — to get help to the remaining people protected from the virus," according to Business Insider. 
Boebert isn't the only conservative congresswoman making comparisons to Nazis. Majorie Taylor Green infamously made several remarks comparing vaccination and mask-wearing efforts to Nazis and fascism. 
“People have a choice, they don’t need your medical brown shirts showing up at their door ordering vaccinations. You can’t force people to be part of the human experiment,” she said, responding to remarks which Biden made on Tuesday about potentially sending health professionals into communities to go door-to-door to provide more accurate information for people about the vaccine.

 

"Brown shirts" refers to the paramilitary group that helped Adolf Hitler during his rise to power in the 1930s. 
According to CNN, Lauren Boebert has previously tweeted about liberals "that legalized knowingly spreading HIV," in regards to Americans showing proof of vaccination.  
Boebert is a conservative congresswoman and the youngest ever to represent Colorado's Third District, according to her website. 

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Idan Zonshine contributed to this report.