Newly elected northeast Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino walked back an explosive comment made during an interview on NY1 about her refusal to disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status to City Council officials last week.
“I don’t need to show my papers. This is not Nazi Germany,” Paladino said during that interview.
On Tuesday, Paladino said she made the “ill-considered and inappropriate comparison” during an hours-long interview, and asked that it be struck from the record, but took “complete ownership of that mistake.”
“While my intent was to illustrate that requiring residents to show medical papers to earn a living or do everyday activities is an authoritarian practice that does not align with this country’s principles, it is never OK to compare anything to the evil of Nazi Germany,” Paladino said in a statement. “I apologize to those who were genuinely offended by my comment.”
She added that she would meet with local Jewish officials and her friends in the Jewish community in the coming days to discuss the matter.
The controversy arose nearly a week after Paladino was refused entry to the City Council’s first stated meeting of the new year.
The 67-year-old Republican refused to disclose her COVID-19 vaccination status and was told by officials she would be barred from the chamber floor on Wednesday, Jan. 5. There has been no resolution to the standoff, and Paladino continues to oppose any effort to require people to disclose their vaccination status as a condition of employment or for any other reason.
“The idea that we are now essentially blackmailing people by threatening their jobs and their livelihoods is what is eroding public trust in vaccines,” said Robert Hornak, a Paladino spokesman. “People should be allowed to make their own decision on their healthcare. And nobody should be forced to disclose their personal medical information to anyone. Everyone has a right to privacy and that includes medical privacy. We will continue to stand up for that right as long as people are trying to use heavy-handed tactics to force their will on others.”
22 comments:
Another coward elected to the city council. Own it if you say it.
Ah, the other side of the extremist coin. NYC is incapable of electing someone normal to the City Council. Except Robert Holden. Open primaries may help with this.
Vickie, cool your jets. Your Council blastoff fizzled. Let Ariola do the talking for awhile.
Good - maybe they'll remove the nut job from office.
So it took a little more than a week in office for her to put her foot in her mouth
She's right
Well she's right, isn't she?
Incidentally, all this Covid passport stuff has been a massive HIPPA violation and violation of basic medical privacy laws. Why should you have to let a restaurant know your medical status? But since all the Karens got terrified of a bad cold thanks to relentless media fear-mongering, this is where we are.
I'm Jewish and not offended buy her analogy comment !
Only the Bootlickers are mad !
Marxist Sheeple always suck up to the oppressor.
She said nothing wrong so why is she apologizing? Restaurants, movie theaters, Broadway theaters, sporting venues, some retail stores, etc. are demanding you show your "papers" before entering. What on earth do you think a Vaccination Card is?
What she said was spot on so she has nothing to apologize for.
Even if she is a right wing nut, this is a storm in a teacup and nothing more than a silly publicity stunt. Who cares.
Next !
She is absolutely right. It's nobody's fucking bussiness as far as anyone asking about vaccination status.
Vickie is vile. She’s the Covid Conga C*nt as my neighbor’s son (an EMT whose 58 year old healthy dad died of Covid when she was out dancing) so aptly described her. She’s coarse, abrasive, inflammatory, divisive, flashy, tacky, and of average to slightly lower than average intelligence. Oh can I say tacky again? Perfect to represent Whitestone! What a disgrace.
I'm Jewish and not offended buy her analogy comment !
Same here.
Good - maybe they'll remove the nut job from office.
Nah, they removing your kind of corrupt communist nutjobs.
Watch.
The Soros-backed Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been indicted on federal charges of perjury and filing a false mortgage application.. Individuals in law enforcement and the courts should be held to a higher standard than most Americans, but Soros-backed individuals have no standards at all.
https://youtu.be/DCgqpOr_zSQ
There go you. Nutjob.
Let's Go Brandon!
Let's Go Trumpturd! I've got just two words for you and your fellow travelers: Seditious Conspiracy.
The CEO of Pfizer this week said the vaccines dont work. Look it up. He said it.
There is a curious case if 40% increase in mortalities among life insurance claims that is not caused by Covid. The speculation is that it is the vaccines.
The vaccines are russian roulette at best and poison at worst.
Discriminating against those who have used REASON and not taken the jab is UnAmerican and even more so now that the pandemic is ending (Omicron is a flu basically — that SPOOKILY only seemed to target the vaxxed).
Paladino said nothing wrong! !! New York really has become Nazi Germany in its EVIL and DARK mentality!’
@"Let's Go Brandon! "
I saw George Soros on Queens Blvd. yesterday adding another bicycle lane. Last week I saw him checking for patrons vaccine status outside a restaurant in Sunnyside.
This guy is everywhere!!!!
And Fuck Donald Trump too!
Maybe not the best thing to say in this hypersensitive climate, BUT I totally get understand. I'm an inoculated liberal-minded (this doesn't mean I'm a Democrat by the way) person and I am completely against New York's stance on mandating an injection that was supposed to have human trials up until 2023. Therefore, it is still experimental and no one's business to know whether someone's personal medical choice. It's also the risk of the non-inoculated to be out in public among people. When it's cold season, I tend to stay home more because everyone gets sick. What is the difference?! Those who chose to get the injection shouldn't even worry if they trust the pharmaceutical science.
I agree with Paladino! NYC is a Nazi Nation. What are you folks so afraid of - you've never had the flu? If all New Yorker's had the courage that Paladino has you wouldn't be quivering in your shoes every time some elected forces you to endure another round of bigotry.
Let's Go Vickie !
"THE ANTISEMITIC POINT OF NO RETURN"
Left wing meme review !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_LXGn5I7E&ab_channel=FreedomToons
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