Top RNC official in Florida spreads Covid-19 conspiracies, calling vaccines the 'mark of the beast'

[babylonsister]

Top RNC official in Florida spreads Covid-19 conspiracies, calling vaccines the 'mark of the beast'
By Em Steck, Drew Myers and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
Updated 11:12 PM ET, Mon August 2, 2021


(CNN)Amid recent surging coronavirus cases in Florida, a top Republican National Committee official in the state has spread anti-vaccine rhetoric and misinformation, comparing the Biden administration's vaccine efforts to Nazi-era "brown shirts," and twice calling the vaccines "the mark of the beast," comparable to a "false god."

A review by CNN's KFile found that Peter Feaman, a lawyer and RNC committeeman from Florida made the comments on his blog the "The Backhoe Chronicles," which he publishes regularly in a private group on MeWe. The social media platform bills itself as the "anti-Facebook" app.

"The Biden brown shirts are beginning to show up at private homes questioning vaccine papers," Feaman wrote on July 20, incorrectly implying government officials would be showing up at people's homes to question their vaccination status, comparing them to the Nazi Party paramilitary wing.

Previously, he supported far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who used the term and faced swift backlash.

In May, Feaman called Covid-19 vaccines a "mark of the beast" -- a reference to a symbol from the biblical Book of Revelations showing allegiance to Satan -- and called Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer "diabolical" for encouraging vaccines. "Diabolical Michigan Governor Whiter wants her citizens to get the Mark of the Beast to participate in society," Feaman wrote.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/politics/kfile-rnc-peter-feaman-covid-19-vaccine/index.html

[Haggard Celine]

1. There is no mark.

The shots don't leave marks, except maybe for a day. He needs to find a new metaphor.

[walkingman]

2. Christian Nationalism is America's greatest threat.

[lindysalsagal]

12. How do you pressure someone who already thinks life is worthless, only afterlife matters?

They will do anything now to anyone in order to "get into heaven." This is mass lunacy.


Religion kills.

[thucythucy]

3. The man is an attorney.

Unless it takes some sort of action to sanction this sort of behavior, the Florida Bar Association is complicit in whatever harm he does.

And before anyone chimes in about the first amendment, first amendment guarantees only cover what governments may do to limit speech. It says absolutely nothing about professional organizations like the Florida Bar.

[Champp]

4. Many people say he's lying his Republican ass off

As is customary for Republicans.

[CentralMass]

5. Lying is their native tongue.

[Chainfire]

7. Good point!

[Marcuse]

20. And they are very fluent. Lying can make things so much easier in the short run.

[ShazzieB]

6. He's already issued a denial.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-peter-feaman-republican-covid-19-conspiracy-nazis-20210803-wvo2qihooncrvdg54evxu4c5ty-story.html

I can't read it, because it's on one of those obnoxious sites that won't let you read even one article without subscribing. But the fact that the link contains the phrase "covid-19-conspiracy-nazis" doesn't exactly help his credibility, or the newspaper's!: rofl:

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Google republican party offical feaman

Then find link near the top to the story. Look for the down-pointing right arrow. Select Cached. Sometimes you just get the text with some other clutter, but in this case it seems to provide the whole story sans subscription blocker.

Feaman denied the report. “Fake news,” he said in a text message to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

He's a stupid fascist and probably racist who can see no wrong unless it is a Democratic action.

In 2013, during a speech to the Broward Republican Party, he asserted that then-President Barack Obama committed treason and said his administration was “drunk with power.”

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. By searching I found an image of one of his MeWe posts. Presumably authentic from 2 months ago

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. And here's the one 13 days ago, with the "Biden brown shirts" reference

[lonely bird]

21. Actual encounter?

I call bullshit.

[obamanut2012]

22. The Sun-Sentinel is a very respected and neutral newspaper here

The link does not smear their credibility in the least. And, you don't have a right to get free products from a business.

I am tired of everything Florida being funny and wingnutty to folks on here. SOFL is blue, Cuban-American and elderly northeasterner RWNJ aside.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. We need a program to sequester delusional people to protect them and the public safety

This toxic polluted maga social structure that is fertile ground for delusions to take root is insane!

[Progressive Jones]

13. More religious babble to con the masses. nt

[Progressive Jones]

14. More religious babble to con the masses. nt

[DemocraticPatriot]

15. Actually, the 'mark of the beast' was casting your vote

for Trump.

All the Republicans are going to hell, we can see that already....

[keithbvadu2]

16. Trump willingly took the 'mark of the beast'.

Trump willingly took the 'mark of the beast'.

Yet they want him.

[Turbineguy]

17. Who can blame them?

They're still a little edgy from having their guns confiscated by Michelle Obama's lesbian lovers.

[Mr. Evil]

18. Mark of the beast, my ass!

These doofus idiots all belong in an asylum.

[Roy Rolling]

19. My Pfizer vaccine lot number was 667

I’m good, and I think the vaccine is less mark of the beast than 45ii is the Antichrist they tell us about.

And they certainly don’t connect the “mark of the beast” to the people demanding to call it the Trump vaccine.