“'Why do you use words like ‘vermin’ and ‘poisoning of the blood"?' Howard Kurtz, the media critic and interviewer, asked on Fox News. 'The press, as you know, immediately reacts to that by saying, "Well, that’s the kind of language that Hitler and Mussolini used."' 'Because our country is being poisoned,' Mr. Trump responded."
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"Hard to keep track of all the racist, unhinged, authoritarian comments by the former president? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. … See our list of the 10 worst things Trump said in 2023."
@ben
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE that a majority of Americans would willingly vote for this openly racist 91 felony reprobate for a second term. #TrumpIsANazi#Vermin#BloodOfTheCountry
"Trump doesn’t even generate news these days when he says literally the craziest stuff in the last 30 years of American politics. It isn’t even covered.
There was a great analysis in The Guardian where they looked at Clinton’s 'deplorables' remark compared to Trump’s 'vermin' comments—"
"and 'vermin' was much worse because Trump was saying he’s actually going to go after people, while Clinton was just trying to describe people with odious views — and they found that 'deplorables' got 18 times more coverage."
"Trump & his allies made clear that if he wins reelection, he plans to gut the existing #US government & “install a pre-vetted, pro-Trump army of up to 54,000 loyalists”...
"If the phrase “live like #vermin within the confines of our country” sounds vaguely familiar, it should. In February, 1933, days after Adolf #Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany, Wilhelm Kube, a #Nazi politician, wrote... “The Jews, like vermin, form a line from Potsdamerplatz until Anhalter Banhof. . . . The only way to smoke out the vermin is to expel them.” ... Hitler himself used similar language" https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-fascistic-rhetoric-only-emphasizes-the-stakes-in-2024
"chronic impulse to distance & euphemize what’s happening in our battered field of vision is what’s permitted the #MAGA movement to continue adopting plainly #fascist rhetoric & positions...
"We are sleepwalking towards authoritarianism," says scholar who studies #democracy
The New Republic's Michael Tomasky and Professor Brian Klaas discuss former President Trump's recent remarks at a campaign stop where he pledges to root out #vermin if given a second term. Tomasky and Klaas discuss the historical parallels for Trump's language.
"If an autocrat from another nation... recommended that the #US president use the power of the state to punish his perceived enemies & root out the supposed... #vermin , we’d consider him a ridiculous figure who doesn’t understand our country — and marvel at his #antidemocratic buffoonery.
"In any other America on any other timeline, a presidential candidate echoing the words of Adolf Hitler would soon be packing up for an early retirement. …
The muted response to Trump’s latest authoritarian outburst shows just how dangerously far our media has normalized what should be disqualifying conduct — and how ready the Trump campaign is to exploit the media’s moral numbness."
@br00t4c
What do you think the chances are that those infamous radio broadcasts in #Rwanda that led to the massacre of Tutsi's in 1994 used the word #vermin?
I've changed my mind: it's important that everyone hear what's coming out of #Trump's mouth, his attacks on those who do not support him.
I've updated my earlier report on the "vermin" quote. It turns out that news orgs clipped it from a longer run-on sentence. The rest of the conclusion is chilling.
"Trump’s most recent comments should jar us back to our senses. They signal something new, even for Trump—that he has now fully embraced the rhetoric and strategies of the Nazis. If we care about democracy and the safety of all of our neighbors and fellow citizens, we can’t dismiss these comments as typical bluster or with a wave of the hand because 'Trump is just being Trump.'”
"What we are hearing from Trump over the last few weeks are not Nazi-like statements, but outright Nazi sentiments. Lest you think I am exaggerating, here are just a few selections from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf that are soberingly similar to Trump’s most recent rhetoric."
"If you ever wondered what it was like to live in early 1930's Germany, we are all getting a sense with Donald Trump and the fascist MAGA movement.
The similarities between Trump’s current tactics and Hitler’s rise to power in 1930’s Germany are no longer being whispered after Trump’s speech Saturday. They are being shouted—and they should be."
"[Trump's statement about 'vermin'] doesn't echo 'Mein Kampf.' This is textbook 'Mein Kampf.' Trump's comments are remarkably evocative particularly of Hitler's rants against Marxists and socialists…..”
"Please don't think Trump supporters are not paying attention to Trump's quoting of Hitler or his pledge of revenge against all those he deems the enemies of America. MAGA gets it and they LOVE it. Bluntly, there is a real danger to all of us who reject MAGA and their fascist agenda."
Trump's use of the word #vermin reminded me of Rwanda radio hosts working for the Hutus who called the Tutsis cockroaches. And, because Tutsis were taller than Hutus, the hosts said Hutus should "cut the tall trees"