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Behind the Aegis

(53,975 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 05:16 AM Jan 2021

'Hitler was right on one thing,' US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally

Mary Miller, a newly elected Republican representative from Illinois, told a crowd of protesters that “Hitler was right on one thing.”

Miller was speaking Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to a crowd of Donald Trump supporters, according to Margot McGowan Staebler, a law student at Michigan State University who posted the video on Twitter. Supporters of the president, including a range of extremist figures and groups, have gathered in the capital for a mass rally to protest the election results as Congress meets to ratify them.

Speaking in view of the Capitol building, Miller was discussing her emphasis on family values and the importance of convincing voters to elect Republicans when she invoked Adolf Hitler.

“Hitler was right on one thing: He said, whoever has the youth has the future,” Miller said. “Fill your children’s minds with what is true and right and noble, and then they can overcome evil with good because they can actually discern between what is evil and what is good.”

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'Hitler was right on one thing,' US congresswoman says at pro-Trump rally (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 OP
Did you see the guy in the "Camp Auschwitz" hoodie? tenderfoot Jan 2021 #1
Yeah. I saw that. Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 #8
The Covington kids and kids like them didn't overcome evil though dustyscamp Jan 2021 #2
The only things about which Hitler was correct misanthrope Jan 2021 #3
Yeah, the future belongs to them Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2021 #4
that one will require merciless attention till she is removed Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #5
It makes me wonder... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #6
I hate Illinois Nazis TeamPooka Jan 2021 #7
Yep. area51 Jan 2021 #16
I saw Hitler yesterday without his moustache and with a new name. njhoneybadger Jan 2021 #9
That scumbag is totally running for president IronLionZion Jan 2021 #17
That piece of shit has delusions of grandeur. njhoneybadger Jan 2021 #20
The whole movement reeks of Hitler PCIntern Jan 2021 #10
It does. Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 #11
I was waiting for the Tiki torches last night PCIntern Jan 2021 #12
That train is NEVER late... Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 #14
The rot in this country is deeper than I imagined... N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2021 #13
This lady needs to be removed Gothmog Jan 2021 #15
Pelosi should have her expelled or at least censured nt IronLionZion Jan 2021 #18
Disgusting LeftInTX Jan 2021 #19
Actually, Hitler WAS right about one thing... lame54 Jan 2021 #21

misanthrope

(7,421 posts)
3. The only things about which Hitler was correct
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 05:24 AM
Jan 2021

were solely his realizations. He was only right about how easy it is for strongmen to manipulate desperate people, about how they appeal to hatred, about how to divide the population and employ scapegoats. Thing is, plenty of despots and ambitious politicos -- including some in this nation -- have known the same so that hardly makes the Little Corporal especially insightful or smart.

PCIntern

(25,572 posts)
10. The whole movement reeks of Hitler
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:33 AM
Jan 2021

There is no question that Miller and Trump and of course their minions, used Hitler’s techniques because, quite frankly, they were incredibly successful in inculcating that form of nationalism in a population which was much more sophisticated and aware than ours. When the history of this is written there will be many heroes of the resistance.

Behind the Aegis

(53,975 posts)
11. It does.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:37 AM
Jan 2021

Of course, that anti-Semites love that they can invoke Miller because it just adds to the whole "Jews are puppeteers" and poor ole' shit-for-brains was the real victim. It should be interesting to see what happens to Jews in the next couple of weeks.

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