Michigan GOP chair refuses to apologize for comparing gun control to Holocaust

Kristina Karamo says she will not be ‘intimidated’ into withdrawing tweet despite outcry across political spectrum

The chair of the Michigan Republican party refused to withdraw a comparison of proposed gun control laws to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany, despite outcry across the political spectrum.

Kristina Karamo, a far-right election denier who took charge of the Michigan GOP in February, 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 which murdered approximately 6 million Jewish people and hundreds of thousands from other groups.

The Associated Press contributed reporting