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24. Biden White House pushes back in response to Trump 'Gestapo' talk
Wed May 8, 2024, 09:41 AM
May 8

Donald Trump’s weird whining about the White House resembling the "Gestapo" isn’t just factually wrong and morally offensive, it’s also deeply ironic.



https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/biden-white-house-pushes-back-response-trump-gestapo-talk-rcna150840

When Donald Trump is confronted with news he does not like, he has an unfortunate habit of referencing Nazi Germany. In January 2017, for example, shortly before the Republican was inaugurated, he accused U.S. intelligence agencies of leaking information that made him look bad. “Are we living in Nazi Germany?” Trump asked at the time — as if leaks from intelligence agencies were a significant problem with Hitler’s regime.....

Over the weekend, the former president added to the list. NBC News reported:

Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon. ... “These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said, according to audio of the luncheon provided to NBC News.


President Joe Biden’s team was not impressed.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said the Democratic incumbent is focused on bringing Americans together, “instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives.”.....

But as a political matter, if the Republican really wants to have a debate along these lines, he might not like where it ends up. The presumptive GOP nominee, after all, has spent recent months echoing Hitler while lashing out at immigrants, complaining that immigration is “poisoning the blood of our country” and describing migrants as “vermin.”

He’s also the candidate who continues to raise the prospect of building new detention camps, creating a temporary “dictatorship,” cracking down on the free press.
PROJECTION. bucolic_frolic May 5 #1
The Project 2025 agenda calls for a Federal police force of 100,000 Ponietz May 5 #5
DeSantis has already set up his own version of his private police force. keithbvadu2 May 5 #11
Projection + Stupidity Roy Rolling May 5 #14
Exactly - projection, projection, projection of what he would do if he ever got back to the White House...but we're not iluvtennis May 5 #8
He's a nazi propaganda honor student BOSSHOG May 5 #2
Until proven otherwise on an individual basis, I now assume every Republican is a Nazi. Hermit-The-Prog May 5 #6
I've been researching for hours BOSSHOG May 5 #17
Yeah; the Gestapo that... Grins May 5 #3
The more Trump True Blue American May 5 #13
"Until I got INDICTED, I was respectful of the office of the president." Grins May 5 #4
yeah....almost spit up my lunch on that one.... bahboo May 5 #7
Wait a minute. There were actual Nazis at Charlottesville... surfered May 5 #9
Moscow Marge says it's Gazpacho. keithbvadu2 May 5 #10
one suspects people on DU get weary of hearing about his legal problems nt msongs May 5 #12
His legal problems (or rather his whines about them) are boring at this point. ShazzieB May 5 #16
That's the truth. Maybe DU needs a "trump" category that can be hidden. PSPS May 5 #18
K & R SunSeeker May 5 #15
I'm surprised he understood the reference Bucky May 5 #19
Nah, he's in the age group that would remember Col Klink fretting about them... JHB May 6 #23
Trump simply tipping his own hand for his future plans should be get back into office. cstanleytech May 6 #20
Thanks, Newsweek! sl8 May 6 #21
I doubt tsf would last 5 minutes with the Gestapo. Danmel May 6 #22
Biden White House pushes back in response to Trump 'Gestapo' talk LetMyPeopleVote May 8 #24
"Until I got indicted, I was respectful of the office of the president." .... what a lie ificandream May 8 #25
He meant gespacho. marble falls May 8 #26
Dark Brandon responds Kennah May 8 #27
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