Michigan GOP under fire for comparing gun control to Holocaust

The chair of the Michigan Republican party, Kristina Karamo, has refused to apologize for comparing proposed gun control laws to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. The Michigan GOP tweeted a photo of rings in a box with text across the image reading: “Before they collected all these wedding rings … they collected all the guns.” The stance was criticized by organizations including the Republican Jewish Coalition and the Anti-Defamation League. Despite the outcry, Karamo stood by her statement and said she would not be “intimidated or bullied” for equating state efforts to introduce safe gun storage regulations and universal background checks to actions by the Nazi regime.