Mayor apologises for backing mask critics’ use of Holocaust imagery

Mayor apologises for backing mask critics’ use of Holocaust imagery
Christine Hill cuts out yellow Stars of David before an Anchorage Assembly meeting(Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

A US mayor has apologised for supporting residents’ use of Holocaust imagery to liken a mask mandate to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has said he staunchly opposes the proposal and initially defended the use of yellow Stars of David worn by other critics this week at heated public hearings.

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