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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 3, 2020, 07:14 PM May 2020

Ohio State Rep. Nino Vitale Calls Dr. Amy Acton, Who is Jewish, a Globalist

Ohio State Representative Nino Vitale took to Facebook this morning to call Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton a “globalist.” The comments were in response to Dr. Acton, who is Jewish, extending the Ohio Stay-at-home order to May 29th.

"Globalist" has long been an anti-Semitic slur.

"Your basic human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness do not come from an unelected Globalist Health Director, who signed the order in the dark of night. Your basic human rights are inalienable and cannot be bought, sold, traded or taken from you," he wrote. "The Ohio legislature is scheduled to be in session May 4th. It’s time for every member of the Ohio House and Senate to go DO THEIR JOBS, get to the state house and vote on all these unconstitutional orders that defy your liberties and freedoms!"

Vitale, who represents Ohio's 85th District, which includes all of Champaign county and parts of Logan and Shelby counties in southeast Ohio, has been critical of Acton and Governor Mike DeWine throughout the pandemic. Vitale has been seen with protesters outside of the Ohio State House and recently posted that billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates "wants to lock us down and profit by charging us for mandatory vaccinations.” Gates has been the target of conspiracy theorists during the pandemic.

Vitale, who is the chair of the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is also an anti-vaxxer and claims to have a child with a “vaccine injury.”

Read more: https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/05/01/ohio-state-rep-nino-vitale-calls-dr-amy-acton-who-is-jewish-a-globalist

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Ohio State Rep. Nino Vitale Calls Dr. Amy Acton, Who is Jewish, a Globalist (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2020 OP
yep, globalist is just a rebranded version of the antisemitic tropes of the far right... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #1
At least he didn't call her a rootless cosmopolite... comradebillyboy May 2020 #2
Just for the record... Philostopher May 2020 #3

Thomas Hurt

(13,925 posts)
1. yep, globalist is just a rebranded version of the antisemitic tropes of the far right...
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:28 PM
May 2020

ZOG, new world order, trilateral commission, Bilderberg, blah, blah, blah.

Christofascist says what?

Philostopher

(4,465 posts)
3. Just for the record...
Mon May 4, 2020, 07:21 PM
May 2020

Champaign County isn't in SE Ohio, it's where Urbana is located. Parts of that county, if I'm not entirely mistaken, are in Gym Jordan's congressional seat gerrymander. Logan County is Bellefontaine. Both of those counties are NE of Montgomery, where Dayton is. I know it doesn't really matter overmuch, but they're counties that are predominantly rural.

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