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Top Democrat: Trump ‘Is Mussolini,’ ‘Doesn’t Plan To Have Fair And Unfettered Elections’

Tim Pearce
Top Democrat: Trump ‘Is Mussolini,’ ‘Doesn’t Plan To Have Fair And Unfettered Elections’
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House Democratic whip Rep. James Clyburn equated President Trump to former Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and contended that Trump will “install himself” as president again without regard to the upcoming election.

Clyburn has a history of comparing Trump to World War II axis leaders such as Mussolini and former German tyrant and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. In a Sunday interview with CNN, Clyburn leveled the serious allegation again and claimed that Trump has no intent of leaving office “peacefully.”

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