BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau said Thursday (Nov. 9) her party continues to condemn any 香蕉视频直播渉ateful rhetoric including minimization of the Holocaust香蕉视频直播� after the firing of her deputy leader.

Furstenau dismissed Sanjiv Gandhi after he had liked a social media post comparing provincial health officer Bonnie Henry to the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, then dismissed suggestions the incident will diminish her party香蕉视频直播檚 reputation.

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She made these comments during her weekly media availability after firing Gandhi Wednesday evening. She said people will recognize the BC Greens immediately took actions.

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Today, I was made aware of Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi, deputy leader, liking a tweet with an inappropriate comparison between our provincial health officer and Mengele. I find this unacceptable and I have removed Dr. Gandhi as deputy leader and accepted his resignation as a candidate.

香蕉视频直播� Sonia Furstenau (@SoniaFurstenau)

Gandhi specifically liked a tweet on Sept. 13 from a user @plebeianwinguy, who endorsed a letter and urged Gandhi to read it out when he 香蕉视频直播渞uns against @adriandix and the horried @bcndp and by #QueenBonnie 香蕉视频直播楳engele香蕉视频直播� Henry.香蕉视频直播�

Gandhi said in a statement issued on X, formerly known as Twitter, he was sorry for the harm that he caused, noting that he accidentally liked the offending third-party post with the reference to Mengele.

Please see my statement regarding my former roles with the .

香蕉视频直播� Sanjiv K Gandhi (@SKGandhiMD)

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Gandhi had become the party香蕉视频直播檚 second deputy leader in early January, alongside Lisa Gunderson. He assumed that post after having served as chief of pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at B.C. Children香蕉视频直播檚 Hospital and as clinical professor of surgery at UBC School of Medicine.

Furstenau said the party has a 香蕉视频直播渕echanism for vetting its candidates香蕉视频直播� in acknowledging that she was not directly involved in the vetting, while deferring questions about the vetting to the party.

香蕉视频直播淭he party will continue to monitor and if action is needed, like it was needed last night, it will be taken,香蕉视频直播� Furstenau said.

Gandhi香蕉视频直播檚 action drew widespread condemnation.

This is absolutely outrageous! 香蕉视频直播�.. the are demonstrating some true colours here and I am so disappointed and disturbed that they would even go here.

香蕉视频直播� Selina Robinson (@selinarobinson)

Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson, who is Jewish, called the incident 香蕉视频直播渁bsolutely outrageous香蕉视频直播� in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Health Minister Adrian Dix also denounced the incident.

香蕉视频直播淚 think the disrespectful comments that are made, I think they will be seen by the people of B.C. as they are seen by me, as unacceptable, in some cases is revolting,香蕉视频直播� Dix said. 香蕉视频直播淪o I think it was appropriate for the Green Party to drop their deputy party leader.香蕉视频直播� Dix also denounced a social media post which called him a 香蕉视频直播渃harlatan eugenicist.香蕉视频直播� Gandhi had liked the post as well.

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Known as the Angel of Death, Mengele served from May 1943 to January 1945 as doctor at the concentration camp in Auschwitz, where the Nazis killed a million Jews as part of the Holocaust along with other groups. Mengele selected inmates for extermination and also performed gruesome human experiments on inmates but escaped justice, dying in Brazil in 1979 at the age of 67.

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