Nuremberg and Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures ‘unacceptable’: Rustad
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Conservative leader says comparing the Nuremberg trials or Nazi Germany to public health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic is unacceptable and “deeply disrespectful to the memory of those who suffered” in the Holocaust.
That’s after video surfaced of Rustad saying his party would “certainly be participating with other jurisdictions” after being asked at an online meeting in July about where he stood on “Nuremberg 2.0,” which is the idea that people behind public health measures during the pandemic should be put on trial.
Rustad now says he wants to “clarify” his comments made during a conversation with members of the BC Public Service Employees for Freedom group.
The Conservative leader says in a statement on the social media platform X that he “misunderstood the question” about whether he supported “Nuremberg 2.0.”