Twitter users condemned former staffers from Elizabeth Warren’s failed presidential campaign over tattoos they claim resemble markings forced upon Jews held captive during the Holocaust.
Two former staffers, Raquel Breternitz and Eric Ziminsky got tattoos to celebrate their time on the Massachusetts senator’s ended campaign for the White House.
People on Twitter, however, swiftly condemned the tattoos for being reminiscent of Holocaust tattoos.
These two things might not look exactly alike, but they are *enough* alike that the people who got them or the artist who tattooed them should have given it a second thought. I know it’s too late now, but maybe folks should rethink their @ewarren tattoo choices in the future? pic.twitter.com/MFOy6RaXqr
— Rabbi Andy Kahn (@rabbiandykahn) March 10, 2020
can’t believe warren’s campaign didn’t have a quiz training staffers on how not to get a holocaust tattoo
— Naomi LaChance (@lachancenaomi) March 10, 2020
my takeaway from the multiple warren tattoo debacles is that none of her holdout supporters have good taste, self awareness or vision, nor do they have any honest friends in their small, isolated, inward facing community of objectively lame, nervous and out of touch opportunists
— keith buckley (@deathoftheparty) March 11, 2020
Getting a short series of numbers and letters tattooed in black ink on your arm is certainly one way to own Bernie
— David Klion (@DavidKlion) March 10, 2020
this is literally the first thing I saw when logging on so I’m logging off pic.twitter.com/Vam282NlFL
— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) March 10, 2020
The tattoos were styled after the color code for the “Liberty Green” color used by Warren’s campaign, reading “#B7E4CF.”
One Twitter user claimed the former staffers didn’t even have the right code tattooed.
lmao the warren hex tattoo isn’t even the right hexadecimal code pic.twitter.com/nwA7fdEMzP
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) March 10, 2020
Both former staffers eventually deleted their tweets announcing the tattoos and apologized.
Thanks to all who called me on this. I do not want to evoke or make light of the Holocaust. I apologise for missing the mark. I am here to listen and will strive to be better at living in solidarity with my Jewish friends. I’m sorry, and I will take steps to modify the tattoo.
— Raquel Breternitz ❦ ??? (@RaquelDesigns) March 10, 2020
“I do not want to evoke or make light of the Holocaust. I apologise for missing the mark,” Breternitz said.
Ziminsky said he would modify his tattoo.
Hey y’all, I’m sorry as well, and will be making modifications. Thank you for holding us accountable on our mistakes. I would recommend for folks who are thinking of a similar tattoo, please look for alternatives such as, pinky promise, logo, persist, or DBFH. https://t.co/3OyGfg6JqL
— eric (@ericziminsky) March 10, 2020
Warren ended her campaign on March 5 following a weak Super Tuesday performance and has yet to endorse any of the remaining candidates.
