A store in the US is accused of being anti-Semitic for selling stars to identify the unvaccinated of Covid

A hat store in Nashville, Tennessee (USA), has been the target of protests and the withdrawal of suppliers after it offered gold stars to identify those not vaccinated against Covid-19, a badge that its critics have linked to the one used by the Nazis to identify Jews.

HatWRKS posted on its Instagram account on Friday an ad promoting Star of David-shaped patches for sale with the legend “Not vaccinated,” the US network CNN published on Sunday.

“The patches are here. they were great. five dollars each. Strong adhesive on the back. We will be offering trucker hats soon,” the post read.

The ad, which was later withdrawn, was the subject of complaints from residents who gathered outside the establishment on Saturday to protest what they considered an “anti-Semitic” message.

“The images of the Holocaust are not for selling hats,” read one of the posters carried by one of the participants in the rally, while another said that the Holocaust is not for GOP marketing, apparently alluding to the party. republican.

Following the demonstration, hat maker John B. Stetson announced Saturday on its Twitter account that “as a result of the offensive content and opinions shared by HatWRKS in Nashville” they would stop selling all of their products to that store.

That firm, in a previous message on the same network, had condemned “anti-Semitism and discrimination of any kind.”. In recent weeks, Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, linked to the QAnon conspiracy movement, has been in the middle of a controversy for having compared the order to wear a mask in the US Congress with the holocaust.

Greene assured in the space 'The Water Cooler with David Brody' that the order to wear a mask recalled “a time in history when people were told to wear a gold star” and were treated as “citizens of second class”, to the point that they were put on trains and taken to the gas chambers in Nazi Germany. His comments have sparked criticism from fellow party members and Democrats.