After Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany “he went about the business of discrediting institutions to the point that people bought into it,” he said. He mentioned how Trump has tried to discredit the media, other institutions and popular politicians like the late senator John McCain. This is not the first time in recent weeks Clyburn invoked Nazi Germany. Replace anti-Semitism with ‘all Latinos crossing our borders are rapists, drug dealers and murderers.’ Does that sound familiar?” Johnson asked. Johnson warned that Americans can’t risk “the harm that could be done by a man named Hitler or a man named Trump.”

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 23:04 UTC