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Temecula Council Member Stays Quiet After Her Rosa Parks Comment

UpdatedWed, Apr 28, 2021 at 5:42 pm PT Replies(49) Temecula City Council meeting. Top row: Mayor Maryann Edwards, City Manager Aaron Adams, City Attorney Peter Thorsen. Middle row: Mayor Pro Tem Matt Rahn, council members Jessica Alexander and Zak Schwank​. Bottom: Council Member James Stewart. (City of Temecula) TEMECULA, CA Temecula City Council Member Jessica Alexander has come under scrutiny both locally and nationally after she compared taking a stand against California s COVID-19 health mandates particularly mask-wearing to Rosa Parks struggle against racial segregation. At Tuesday s City Council meeting, Council Member Zak Schwank respectfully encouraged Alexander to apologize for her April 13 comment. Wearing a mask is not a civil rights issue. It s not a battle. It s not a civil rights battle, Schwank said. Equating the two is offensive, and quite honestly, it breaks down all the work that we ve done over the past year.

Anti-mask politician compares herself to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, touching off anger and support

Anti-mask politician compares herself to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, touching off anger and support Updated Apr 29, 2021; A Temecula, California, City Council member who compared her fight against face mask mandates to Rosa Parks’ bus demonstration for civil rights has touched off a weeks-long controversy in the majority-white Riverside County city where residents are sharply divided over the comments and Black community members have expressed anger over the remarks. The council member, Jessica Alexander, a staunch anti-mask Republican, has not addressed the issue since an April 13 council meeting when she brought up the civil rights icon while expressing opposition to masks at in-person council meetings.

Anti-mask politician compares herself to Rosa Parks

Print A Temecula City Council member who compared her fight against face mask mandates to Rosa Parks’ bus demonstration for civil rights has touched off a weeks-long controversy in the majority-white Riverside County city where residents are sharply divided over the comments and Black community members have expressed anger over the remarks. The council member, Jessica Alexander, a staunch anti-mask Republican, has not addressed the issue since an April 13 council meeting when she brought up the civil rights icon while expressing opposition to masks at in-person council meetings. “Look at Rosa Parks. She was accommodated to the back of the bus, but she finally took a stand and moved to the front because she knew that that wasn’t lawful. It wasn’t truth. So she took a stand. At what point in time do we?” Alexander said. “I’m getting to the point where I’m getting accommodated in my office. I feel like I’m getting pushed to the back of the bus.”

Anti-mask politician compares herself to Rosa Parks - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Print A Temecula City Council member who compared her fight against face mask mandates to Rosa Parks’ bus demonstration for civil rights has touched off a weeks-long controversy in the majority-white Riverside County city where residents are sharply divided over the comments and Black community members have expressed anger over the remarks. The council member, Jessica Alexander, a staunch anti-mask Republican, has not addressed the issue since an April 13 council meeting when she brought up the civil rights icon while expressing opposition to masks at in-person council meetings. “Look at Rosa Parks. She was accommodated to the back of the bus, but she finally took a stand and moved to the front because she knew that that wasn’t lawful. It wasn’t truth. So she took a stand. At what point in time do we?” Alexander said. “I’m getting to the point where I’m getting accommodated in my office. I feel like I’m getting pushed to the back of the bus.”

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