redstate.com By Bonchie
Say it with me, everyone: Do not make tortured comparisons of modern politicians to Hitler. That’s a rule that, when followed, makes the national discourse slightly less insane. Of course, it’s never followed, at least when talking about far-left attacks on Republicans, and no one draws more ire on that front than Donald Trump.
The “Biden-Harris HQ” account put out a vile graphic that sought to compare three quotes by Trump to three “quotes” by Hitler. I put quotes in parentheses because there’s a lot of paraphrasing going on.
This is not a coincidence pic.twitter.com/oaSDcb0yzs
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) December 20, 2023
I’m not going to pretend that Trump wasn’t stupid for saying some of those things. What is he doing using the term “vermin” in 2023 in a political context given how easy it is for Democrats to spin it? And the “blood of our country” line was tailormade for a Joe Biden ad next summer once the deluge begins.
With that said, saying inartful things doesn’t make someone Hitler, and the massaging going on in that graphic is ridiculous. A campaign that can’t use a direct quote to make its point but instead relies on editorializing and taking snippets out of context is a campaign that should keep its mouth shut.
Take the first quote as a perfect example. Where does Trump mention Jews? He doesn’t because he obviously was not talking about Jews. Here’s his actual quote.
“We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country,” he told a New Hampshire crowd.
Anyone who reads that quote and thinks he’s talking about Jews is simply being laughably dishonest. Fault him for whatever else, but Trump is not antisemitic. On the contrary, he was one of the most pro-Jewish presidents in history.
Moving on, “poisoning the blood of our country” was a politically dumb thing to say, but again, when you look at Trump’s actual quote, the context doesn’t justify a comparison to Hitler…
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