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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEven the historical record is subtweeting Trump: Hitler made Chancellor of Germany on Jan. 31. 1933
From the NY Times On This Day:
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Found via this tweet from Brendan Nyhan:
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wow, even the historical record is subtweeting Trump
The tweet directly below that on that page is Nyhan's retweet of someone commenting on the "but don't worry, it''s okay" tone of the Times' coverage in 1933.
If you right-click on that image link above to look at an image of the NYT front page from 1/31/1933, you'll see that the full headline with subheads is
HITLER MADE CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY
BUT COALITION CABINET LIMITS POWER;
CENTRISTS HOLD BALANCE IN REICHSTAG
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Even the historical record is subtweeting Trump: Hitler made Chancellor of Germany on Jan. 31. 1933 (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2017
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C_U_L8R
(49,115 posts)1. Centrists hold balance.
Well, that didn't work.
Goes to show vermin like Trump need to be dealt with early and definitively.
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)2. Sounds like Germany was a little more progressive than the former USA
gordianot
(15,757 posts)3. Not to worry Americans have such good intentions.
It is not happening here if it was media and press would sound the alarm.
