Every single accusation from Trumpublicans is a confession and a projection

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Vance: I would ask Jasmine Crockett what is it that you want people to do when you call them Nazis

Snopes:

In a 2016 text message to his former law school roommate, Vance wrote: "I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical a**hole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler. How's that for discouraging?"


The recipient of the message — Josh McLaurin, now a Democratic state senator in Georgia — made the text message public in 2022, and several reputable news outlets corroborated its legitimacy at that time. Since then, Vance has acknowledged his past remark comparing Trump to "America's Hitler," stressing his views on the former president have changed.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vance-trump-hitler-quote/


...had a funny chat with @grok about this:

@grok, didn't J.D. Vance call Donald Trump a nazi?

Yes, in a 2016 private message, J.D. Vance compared Trump to "America's Hitler," though he didn't explicitly say "Nazi." He has since said he was wrong about Trump and now supports him. Sources: Reuters, Politico.


@grok, was Hitler a nazi?

Yes, Adolf Hitler was the founder and leader of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party) from 1921 until his death in 1945. He served as Chancellor and later Führer of Nazi Germany. Sources: Britannica, Wikipedia, USHMM.


@grok, so in essence, it's technically correct to assert that Vance called Trump a Nazi, since Hitler is the founder of the nazi party?

While Vance compared Trump to "America's Hitler" in 2016 (per Reuters, CNN, and Politico reports), he didn't explicitly use "Nazi." Hitler was the Nazi Party's founder and leader, so the comparison implies it, but it's not a direct quote. Vance later recanted and now supports Trump.


@grok, who was more of a 'nazi' than Hitler, the party's founder?

No individual was more emblematic of Nazism than Adolf Hitler, as he founded the Nazi Party in 1920, led it from 1921, and shaped its ideology as detailed in Mein Kampf. Other key figures like Himmler or Goebbels were prominent, but Hitler was its core leader. Sources: Britannica, Holocaust Encyclopedia.

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1. Vance: I would ask Jasmine Crockett what is it that you want people to do when you call them Nazis

Um, How about STOP ACTING LIKE NAZIS? The US defeated the Nazis in WW II. Now the Republican Party has largely embraced the entirety of words, actions & values of the Nazis in Germany in the 1930's & 40's.

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2. it's as insidious as it's farcical

...this attempt to stop people from criticizing their abusive and criminal behavior.

It reeks of totalitarianism.