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.
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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…