Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former President John F. Kennedy and son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is facing backlash for telling a crowd of anti vaccine mandate protesters that life was like 'Hitler's Germany.' Kennedy and Informed Consent Action Network founder Del Bigtree were among big names who addressed the rally Sunday morning. Around 20,000 people were expected to attend the demonstration, with reports of the crowd ranging from several thousand to the Daily Caller's 30,000. 'Americans want democracy back, and this rally is a demand by Americans to get their democracy back,' Kennedy said of the rally, according to WUSA9. Kennedy compared the plight of the vaccine-adverse to that of Anne Frank on Sunday, saying that 'even in Hitler's Germany, you could hide in the attic like Anne Frank did.' RFK Jr. was shellacked on social media for his take, including one tweet from the Auschwitz Memorial, who replied to a reporter posting the video of his speech. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a rally and march protesting vaccine mandates on the National Mall in Washington DC on Sunday. Kennedy used an analogy to the Holocaust at the event It wasn't just Kennedy making comparisons to the Holocaust at the rally. One marcher used a star of David to show off their lack of vaccination 'Exploiting the tragedy of people who suffered, were humiliated, tortured, and murdered by the totalitarian regime of Nazi Germany - including children like Anne Frank - in a debate about vaccines and limitations during global pandemic is a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decay,' the museum tweeted. Others roasted Kennedy for his comparison. Writer Helen Kennedy said on Twitter: 'Finish the book next time. Also the attic was, and still is, in Amsterdam.' Bestselling author Don Wislow commented: 'Dear @RobertKennedyJr: Your father would be repulsed by what you said today about the Holocaust. Repulsed. WTF happened to you?' The account @AvengerResister pointed out that Kennedy Jr. had held a party at his home requiring vaccinations: 'Just a reminder, anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. hosted a party at his house and required his guests to be vaccinated before arriving.' Kennedy blamed the party's restrictions at the time on his wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm actress Cheryl Hines. Some used his marriage to make the point that Curb creator Larry David - who introduced the couple to one another and is himself Jewish - might not be thrilled by the comparisons to Anne Frank either. Doug Heye wrote: 'I'm imagining Larry David calling Cheryl Hines to tell her she can't be on the next season of Curb: 'Sorry Cheryl, but your husband is pretty...pretty...pretty...pretty...insane.'' Kennedy Jr., seen here at a benefit with wife Cheryl Hines and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David - who introduced the couple - as well as comedian Ray Romano Meanwhile, singer Graham Nash - member of the famous supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash - is in the process of filing a cease-and-desist against Kennedy for using his song 'We Can Change the World' in a promotional video for the rally. 'I do not support [Kennedy's] anti-vaccination position as the history of the efficacy of the Covid19 vaccines is well documented,' Nash said. 'When I wrote 'We Can Change the World' I did not expect that an institution such as this one that claims that it fights for individuals' freedoms would so readily and recklessly infringe upon and, by its association with its cause, mischaracterize the intellectual property rights of a songwriter for its own purposes.' Many of those who attended the rally were not masked, despite DC Mayor Muriel Bowser mandating masks outdoors for people who have not had their COVID shot when gathered in large groups outside. British singer-songwriter and musician Graham Nash - famous for being part of the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash - criticized RFK Jr's use of his song in a video promoting the rally Meat Loaf - who died of suspected COVID side effects last week aged 74 - could be heard blaring out over the demonstration. The much loved star was vocally anti-vaccine mandate and mask, and has since become a folk hero for those at the demonstration. Rumors that he was killed by the virus itself would also make him one of its highest-profile victims. It is unknown if he'd had a vaccine prior to his death. In videos posted to social media, the singer's hit I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) could be heard blaring as protesters gathered around the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool. After the artist's death on Thursday, some mocked his stances on vaccine and mask mandates on social media. 'In the end, he finally let us know what that one thing was that he wouldn't do for love: Get vaccinated,' tweeted Gene Wu, a Democrat in the Texas state House of Representatives, referring to the lyrics to his song that protesters played on Sunday. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a member of the 'Disinformation Dozen' - 12 individuals who disseminate about two thirds of the anti-vaccine content on social media, according to a study conducted by The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Anti-Vax Watch alliance. The son of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Sr. was banned from Instagram in February of 2021 'for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,' a spokesperson for parent company Facebook explained at the time. 'While coerced submission with experimental medical products is clearly government-sponsored violence, the anti-mandates movement is committed to nonviolent resistance,' Kennedy said this week in a statement. In his speech on Sunday, Kennedy referred to the modern climate as 'turnkey totalitarianism,' saying that the government has managed to 'put in place all of these totalitarian measures for control,' making COVID-era policies inescapable, and comparing those holding out on taking the vaccine to Anne Frank in Nazi Germany. Unlike Anne Frank, who hid in a cramped Amsterdam attic with seven other persecuted Jews for 761 days during the Nazi regime before she and her family were rooted out and sent to die in concentration camps, 'none of us can run and none of us can hide' from COVID-era policies in the wake of modern technology. 'It’s been the ambition of every totalitarian state from the beginning of mankind to control every aspect of behavior, of conduct, of thought, and to obliterate dissent. None them have been able to do it. They didn’t have the technological capacity.' 'Today, the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us can run and none of us can hide.' 'Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland, you could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,' Kennedy continued. 'I visited in 1962 East Germany with my father, and met people who had climbed the wall and escaped, so it was possible — many died doing it, but it was possible.' Kennedy also likened Fauci to Mussolini, with the audience erupting into a chant of 'lock him up!' Like other Covid restrictions aimed at reining in a disease that has infected more than 70 million people in the United States, killed more than 865,000 and brought much of daily life around the globe to a stuttering halt for two years and counting, vaccine mandates have become a deeply polarizing political issue. Even Fauci thinks the end is in sight! COVID tsar predicts almost all of US will have hit Omicron peak within WEEKS as early tri-state epicenters see infections plunge by up to 64% The nation's top infectious disease specialist says Omicron cases will likely start dropping throughout the nation by mid-February as the hardest-hit cities experience infection rate dips of up to 64 percent. Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the US will likely start to 'see a turnaround' in cases and hospitalizations as the highly-contagious variant begins to slow - and that it could signal a gradual return to normal. 'We would hope that as we get into the next weeks or month, we will see throughout the entire country, the level of infection get to below what I call the 'area of control,' the famously gloomy White House COVID expert told ABC's This Week on Sunday. 'Control means you're not eliminating it, you're not eradicating it, but it gets down into such a low level that it's essentially integrated into the general respiratory infections that we have learned to live with.' His shared an outlook of cautious optimism as infections plunge in the country's early epicenters on the east. Infection rates are dropping in states considered the early epicenters of the Omicron variant, including in New York, where the infection rate has dipped 82 percent week-over-week New Jersey has gone from 28,514 cases January 9 to 8,924 confirmed infections January 23, representing a 68 percent decrease The situation also appears promising in Connecticut, where cases dropped from a January 10 high of 10,179 cases to 4,872 cases January 22 In New York - where parts of the state were paralyzed by Omicron last month - cases have dropped 58 per cent in a fortnight, and 82 per cent week-over-week. New Jersey's infection rates dropped 64 per cent in a fortnight, and 89 per cent during the same last seven days, Johns Hopkins University data indicates. The Empire State went from having 79,777 cases January 9 to recording 27,643 cases Saturday, representing a 54 percent drop during the past two weeks, according to New York Times data. Deaths related to the virus spiked 71 percent in the past two weeks; more than 62,600 New Yorkers have died from Covid since the pandemic began. New Jersey has gone from 28,514 cases January 9 to 8,924 confirmed infections January 23, representing a 64 percent decrease. However, the death rate jumped 71 percent in the Garden State, where 30,746 people have died since the virus took hold in early 2020. Deaths traditionally lag behind infections, sparking hopes that they too will begin to slump in the coming weeks, as people infected by COVID at the recent peak either recover, or succumb to the virus. Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an appearance on ABC's This Week that most US states could peak by mid-February The situation also appears promising in Connecticut, where cases dropped from a January 10 high of 10,179 cases to 4,872 cases January 22, marking a 39 per cent dip. The state's deaths are up 52 per cent. Of course, the situation isn't universal. The Eastern seaboard was the first to get hit by Omicron in early December, with the variant raging through quickly, as initially predicted. But some states - such as Alabama, Kansas, Arizona and others are yet to peak, with cases still rising, and records being broken. Cases in Washington have spiked 52 percent in the past two weeks as the infection rate in New Mexico ratcheted up 134 percent during the same timeframe, according to NYT data. As of Sunday morning, the US had recorded 70,495,874 COVID infections, and 865,968 deaths, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins' University data. Advertisement All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility