Texas Senator John Cornyn Quoted a Fascist on Twitter For Some Reason [View all]
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) decided to fire off a bizarre, out-of-context quote from infamous 20th century Italian fascist Benito Mussolini on Sunday morning.
“We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms assumed by civilization, the more restricted the freedom of the individual must become.” Benito Mussolini
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 24, 2019
For historical context, Mussolini was the founder and leader of the Italian fascist movement. After seizing power via a coup in 1922, his 20-year undemocratic reign was seen as a model for Adolf Hitler in Germany and was marred with state-endorsed extrajudicial violence and imprisonments of political rivals.
Needless to say, normal people did not take kindly to a sitting U.S. Senator tweeting a quote from a fascist dictator. Thus far, the not-yet-deleted tweet has more than 14,000 replies.
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