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Lonestarblue

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6. I've read comments that the Hitler comparisons are overdone, but Trump uses the same tactics.

Tue Jun 1, 2021, 07:28 AM

Jun 2021

A few years ago on a trip to Germany, I visited the Congress Hall Hitler had built for the Nazi Party, which remains unfinished but now hosts a museum. As I moved from exhibit to exhibit, most with audio explaining the history as well as snippets of speeches, I was overwhelmed by the similarities between Trump and Hitler in their use of propaganda, lies, and eventually violence to get what they wanted. It was chilling at the time, and it still is. And now Republican Party leaders have bought into the same strategy—lies, propaganda, and violence to overthrow elections when their crooked laws fail.

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