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| In a pulpit critique of Donald Trump, Hank Johnson invokes Adolf Hitler |
| 2019-01-03 |
| [AJC] U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson has never been a fan of President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , but the Lithonia Democrat significantly dialed up his criticism on Tuesday with a searing New Year’s Day speech that drew parallels between Trump’s rise and that of Adolf Hitler ...late Fuehrer of Germany, founder of the Third Reich, currently communing with his pals Himmler and Heydrich. He is reincarnated every few days as a politician somebody doesn't like... Johnson made his point from the pulpit at Friendship Baptist Church, during a celebration to mark the 156th anniversary of the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation. He urged vigilance against tyranny. "Americans, particularly black Americans, can’t afford to make that same mistake about the harm that could be done by a man named Hitler or a man named Trump," Johnson said. Both men, Johnson said, were charismatic public speakers, received hard-to-track donations from wealthy industrialists and stirred up their supporters at raucous rallies. "Hitler was accepting of violence towards the achievement of political objectives," Johnson said. "Trump encouraged violence against protesters at his rallies, and his messaging about Charlottesville -- that there were bad people on both sides -- sent a powerful message of approval to the far right racists in America." Related: Ace of Spades - Hank Johnson, 'Trump is like Hitler', Jews are like termites.' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 HANK GOES GODWIN Trailblazing African-American Rep makes history: 100,000,000th Democrat to compare political opponent to Hitler |
| Posted by: Glang Panda2694 2019-01-03 23:43 |
| #13 Fascinated that the Jewish folks haven't deserted the Democrat party over this sort of intentional watering down of Hitler and the Holocaust. What's worse is some have joined in. We live in weird times. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-01-03 16:15 |
| #12 Whatever happened to separation of church and state? Oh, that's right. Black churches get a pass. But let one Catholic priest speak out against abortion, ... |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2019-01-03 14:02 |
| #11 And I'm sure his remarks on transgender rights were well received. |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-01-03 12:40 |
| #10 I've hear a "long" black church sermon goes two hours. So Hank got about 7 words in... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-03 12:35 |
| #9 Isn't the correct way to report this "Without evidence, Johnson claims XYZ"? My preferred headline would be something like "News from the Land of Fools" |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-01-03 11:29 |
| #8 Democratic speeches are always "searing", "soaring", or "devastating." Isn't the correct way to report this "Without evidence, Johnson claims XYZ"? |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-01-03 11:22 |
| #7 Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said people who compare President Donald Trump to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler were "holocaust deniers." Hank = holocaust denier (and anti-Semite?) |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-03 11:01 |
| #6 Hank who? |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2019-01-03 08:26 |
| #5 I thought Hank tipped over and drowned in his drool. |
| Posted by: Pearl Dingle6680 2019-01-03 07:44 |
| #4 He replaced Cynthia "Crazy Eyes" McKinney. Not much difference. Racialist, stupid, and "ignant" appeals to their constituency, it seems |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-03 06:24 |
| #3 I don't believe these idiots comparing Trump to Hitler reajjy remember the history of what Hitler did. |
| Posted by: Chris 2019-01-03 05:57 |
| #2 It was an inside joke between two old friends played out flawlessly. |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-01-03 01:11 |
| #1 This is the idiot that thought Guam was in danger of capsizing if they stationed too many marines there. Yes, he really is THAT dumb, watch the YouTube video of it. |
| Posted by: Gomez Elmolurong6499 2019-01-03 00:44 |