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cal04

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Tue Dec 8, 2015, 04:23 PM Dec 2015

Heil, Trump? Philly newspaper compares leading GOP candidate to Hitler

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heil-trump-philly-newspaper-compares-leading-gop-candidate-to-hitler-2015-12-08

Donald Trump just went full Adolf Hitler with his proposal to keep all Muslim immigrants and tourists from entering the United States. At least that’s the takeaway from Tuesday’s front page of the Philadelphia Daily News, which shows Trump raising his arm in what looks like a Nazi salute.

The headline pun: The New Furor.

Backlash was swift, even among Republican Party notables. For one, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who told radio host Hugh Hewitt: "This whole notion that somehow we can just say no more Muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in.”


The mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., backed the idea of a ban — with a different target:




Rick Kriseman @Kriseman
I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.
https://twitter.com/Kriseman/status/674015975843450880
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Heil, Trump? Philly newspaper compares leading GOP candidate to Hitler (Original Post) cal04 Dec 2015 OP
He sound more like he's channeling Il Duce to me Brother Buzz Dec 2015 #1
I think Hitler channeled Il Duce for a time so it all works out in the wash. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #2
Il Douche! nt longship Dec 2015 #4
LOL, I stand corrected Brother Buzz Dec 2015 #5
At-sa right! hifiguy Dec 2015 #6
That should be worth a couple more points in the polls for Trump n/t doc03 Dec 2015 #3
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