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There is nothing new about the current Alt-Right movement that has taken control of the Republican Party, except for the fact that, for the first time in US history, a nationalist/fascist movement has taken control of a major party.
In 1939, to 22,000 supporters at Madison Square Garden, "German American Bund" leader Fritz Kuhn (known as the American Hitler) told his followers our president, Franklin D Roosevelt was "Frank D. Rosenfeld," calling his New Deal the "Jew Deal" and denouncing what he called "Bolshevik-Jewish American leadership." Kuhn also stated: "The Bund is fighting shoulder to shoulder with patriotic Americans to protect America from a race that is not the American race, that is not even a white race...The Jews are enemies of the United States." Most shocking was the outbreak of violence between Bund storm troopers and thousands of angry protesters in the streets. During Kuhn's speech, a Jewish protester, Isadore Greenbaum, rushed the stage and had to be rescued by police after he was beaten and stripped by storm troopers.
Does any of this sound familiar? It is the EXACT SAME rhetoric you hear today on virtually every far right website and message board. In virtually every conspiracy theory forum and on virtually every pro Trump forum.
This is the ugly underbelly of the new Republican Party. This is Trump's base. This is why he is glorified for his tin pot dictator attempts at "ruling" America. Because the party that elected him is busily glorifying Nazi principles.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/hist...ally-violence-erupted/?utm_term=.86f14c5bbe08
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Julius_Kuhn
In 1939, to 22,000 supporters at Madison Square Garden, "German American Bund" leader Fritz Kuhn (known as the American Hitler) told his followers our president, Franklin D Roosevelt was "Frank D. Rosenfeld," calling his New Deal the "Jew Deal" and denouncing what he called "Bolshevik-Jewish American leadership." Kuhn also stated: "The Bund is fighting shoulder to shoulder with patriotic Americans to protect America from a race that is not the American race, that is not even a white race...The Jews are enemies of the United States." Most shocking was the outbreak of violence between Bund storm troopers and thousands of angry protesters in the streets. During Kuhn's speech, a Jewish protester, Isadore Greenbaum, rushed the stage and had to be rescued by police after he was beaten and stripped by storm troopers.
Does any of this sound familiar? It is the EXACT SAME rhetoric you hear today on virtually every far right website and message board. In virtually every conspiracy theory forum and on virtually every pro Trump forum.
This is the ugly underbelly of the new Republican Party. This is Trump's base. This is why he is glorified for his tin pot dictator attempts at "ruling" America. Because the party that elected him is busily glorifying Nazi principles.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/hist...ally-violence-erupted/?utm_term=.86f14c5bbe08
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Julius_Kuhn