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New York Times Opinion: Trump’s Slams At Election Results Could Lead To Nazi-Like Era

Compares Trump supporters to Germans who became Nazis

Hank Berrien
New York Times Opinion: Trump’s Slams At Election Results Could Lead To Nazi-Like Era
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On Monday, The New York Times published an opinion piece that likened President Trump’s criticism of the election results and the consequent reaction by his supporters to the prelude to the rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Jochen Bitner, co-head of the debate section for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, writes, “the campaign should be seen as what it is: an attempt to elevate ‘They stole it’ to the level of legend, perhaps seeding for the future social polarization and division on a scale America has never seen.”

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