Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn casually dropped a bomb on CNN this morning and compared President Donald Trump to Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini:
.@WhipClyburn: “I feel very strongly” that Trump is like “Mussolini, Putin, Hitler” pic.twitter.com/yOol3oNx3y
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 2, 2020
Just to clarify, Trump is Mussolini to Vlad Putin’s Hitler in this comparison:
Technically I think he says "He [Trump] is Mussolini, Putin is Hitler." Totally different. ?
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 2, 2020
And “zero pushback from” CNN:
Zero pushback from CNNDNC.
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) August 2, 2020
More from the video:
“Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Sunday he believes Trump is ‘trying to put a cloud over the election’ because he doesn’t plan to leave office if he loses.” https://t.co/DFvpxQ3YWF
— Resistbot (@resistbot) August 2, 2020
Rep. James Clyburn: Trump plans to install himself in office in emergency way https://t.co/pCk9WEM560
— Jonathan Wackrow (@JDWackrow) August 2, 2020
.@WhipClyburn views Trump:"“I feel very strongly that this man has taken on strongarm tactics. And I feel very strongly that he is Mussolini, Putin is Hitler. … I don’t think he plans to leave the White House. He doesn’t plan to have fair and unfettered elections." @CNNSotu
— PETER MAER (@petermaer) August 2, 2020
Of course, if the president was actually anything like Mussolini, this interview would never have happened in the first place:
If Trump was like Hitler, dissent wouldn't be tolerated. The fact that Clyburn can openly say this w/o fear of arrest proves Trump isn't Hitler. Ppl who say this crap water down the absolute evil of Hitler.
— Christy Waters (@ThatChristyChic) August 2, 2020
“Abhorrent rhetoric,” indeed:
If Trump were Hitler, Mussolini or Putin James Clyburn would be sitting in a gulag somewhere. This is just abhorrent rhetoric from a sitting congressional member! And they criticize Trump for not being Presidential!
— J. Larson (@jujubean6264) August 2, 2020
Who wants to remind him?
Mussolini and Hitler were left wing radicals who’s parties were born off a dieased branch on the tree of socialism. All parties that believe in the state or government over individual liberties are left wing. Right wing parties believe in very limited government.
— Jason Wilcox (@gjwmsu) August 2, 2020
And this is rich considering one of Joe Biden’s top reported choices as a running mate had to walk back her praise of Fidel Castro:
Here’s Karen Bass (Biden’s VP shortlist) eulogizing murderous communist Cuban dictator Fidel Castro when he died in 2016: “I wish to express my condolences to the Cuban ppl & the family of Fidel Castro. The passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.” pic.twitter.com/PKq2b17IEz
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) August 2, 2020
Voters, beware. These ARE the people who will be controlling a President Biden:
Joe Biden is very close friends with Rep. James Clyburn despite his support for racist anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan.
Crazy Clyburn says President Trump is just like Mussolini and Hitler. He’s the kind of unhinged, racist radical who will be controlling Joe Biden! pic.twitter.com/DmFmqhguts
— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) August 2, 2020
Do voters really want that?
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