A Kentucky state lawmaker is trying—and failing—to dig herself out of a hole after posting a meme comparing Anthony Fauci to cult leader Jim Jones, who led hundreds of people to their deaths in the 1978 Jonestown massacre. State Rep. Regina Huff, a Republican who serves as Kentucky’s House Education Committee chairwoman, posted a photo of Fauci next to one of Jones. The text over the mass murderer read:

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The lawmaker said the tweet was to criticize recommendations that students wear masks in school.

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Regina Huff said she deleted tweet because of ‘vulgarity’ of comments about it

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Her comments come as Kentucky school districts weigh whether or not to require masks for schools, and if any mask rules need to apply to all students.

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Kentucky lawmaker tweets meme comparing Anthony Fauci to cult leader Jim Jones

Kentucky's House Education Committee chair Regina Huff (R) is under fire after appearing to compare efforts to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations to the Jonestown massacre, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

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Kentucky's House Education Committee chairwoman is facing heightened scrutiny for the recent meme she posted attempting to compare the nation's top infectious disease expert to the leader of the Jonestown massacre. On Tuesday, July 20, Rep. Regina Huff (R-Williamsburg) tweeted side-by-side photos of the infamous Jim Jones and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Dr. Anthony Fauci.According to the Courier-Journal…

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State Rep. Regina Huff, a Republican, serves as Kentucky’s House Education Committee chairwoman.

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Cavil:Make petty or unnecessary objections. Source, GoogleOf course, all of us knew the definition of “cavil” but we at this site had to look it up again because we never heard it used in the context in which the Kentucky House of EDUCATION (for god’s sake) Chair, Regina Huff (“Karen,” herein)  used it in a tweet today. But we’re getting a bit ahead of ourselves.The MAGAs never liked Dr. Fauci because he was never any fun. He was the adult who s…

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Rep. Regina Huff, R-Williamsburg, tweeted photos of cult leader Jim Jones and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Jones' photo includes a textbox saying, "I persuaded over 900 people to drink my Koolaid" The hundreds of people in Jones' cult died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978. Huff quickly deleted the post.

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