Over the years, Democrats have repeatedly likened and compared Republican presidents and presidential candidates to Hitler. When George W. Bush was president, he wore the label; later, when John McCain was running against Barack Obama, he received the same treatment. In 2012, Mitt Romney was next. Ironically, the left views Bush, McCain, and Romney much more favorably.
Yet they can’t stop pulling the same rhetoric about Trump. If history is any guide, once Trump is out of office, the next Republican presidential candidate will be the next Hitler. Or maybe Democrats will figure out that they should retire the Hitler rhetoric?
I’m not going to hold my breath, but it looks like the Hitler rhetoric is backfiring big time this year.
Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport, a leftist, just lashed out at comparisons between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, calling the tactic offensive and trivializing. “Stop with the Hitler [expletive],” Rapaport said, warning that invoking the Hitler is disrespectful to Jewish people.
Criticizing those who label Trump rallies as “Nazi rallies,” Rapaport cited historical context. “That Nazi rally that took place in Madison Square Garden in 1939 was just that, an actual true-blue Nazi rally,” he said, questioning, “Are you saying that anyone and everyone who shows up in Madison Square Garden for this upcoming Trump rally is a Nazi? That’s a Nazi rally? Get the [expletive] out of here.”
“Do not use Nazis and Hitler for your [expletive] agenda when you haven’t mentioned the 13 women that are still being held captive today,” Rapaport added. Concluding, Rapaport called for respect, saying, “It’s disgusting. It’s disrespectful to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and to the real-time victims and survivors and the hostages of October 7. Stop it.”
keep HITLERS name out of your mouth unless you’re referring to HITLER!!! It’s insulting.
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) October 25, 2024
Call P!g D!ck whatever you want but STOP with the #Hitler sh!t pic.twitter.com/bsH05EZR1J
If a leftist who hates Trump can’t stand the Hitler rhetoric, that’s saying something. But what might send the message to Democrats is that it’s backfiring with voters.
Mark Halperin’s recent discussion with undecided voters on 2WAY showed strong pushback against Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent rhetoric, in which she linked Donald Trump to fascist ideology and falsely claimed that he admires Hitler.
Halperin opened by asking voters if they had heard about Harris’s comments. When Linda, an undecided voter, responded, she didn’t mince words: “To me, it’s horrible that she’s saying that about him. If he was saying that about her, everybody would be up in arms. I just don’t think that’s right.” Linda’s reaction captured the sentiments of several voters who felt the vice president’s comments crossed a line.
The group generally found Harris’s remarks unconvincing. Another voter argued that Kamala seemed to believe that such comments would “help her,” but he added, “I don’t think it does at all.” This voter argued that if Gen. Kelly had indeed heard Trump praise Hitler, he would have had an ethical duty to leave the administration immediately.
A third voter expressed frustration with the trend of Democrats invoking Hitler to vilify Republicans. “I think part of the reason why I’m being pushed towards Trump so strongly is that … the Democrats and the left just keep going straight to Hitler all of the time with everything,” he said. The frequent historical comparison, he argued, “ruins the discourse” and makes it “impossible to have good discussions.”
Halperin then asked if anyone found value in Harris’s tactic of linking Trump to fascism. Not one voter raised a hand. The message from these voters was clear: the hyperbolic attacks weren’t working; instead, they were pushing undecided voters further away.
Pennsylvania undecided voters soundly REJECT Kamala's ridiculous and dangerous claims that President Trump "is Hitler."
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 25, 2024
"I just don't think that's right."
"She obviously thinks it's going to help her — I don't think it does at all."
"I'm being pushed toward Trump so strongly… pic.twitter.com/GskQadLCZX
Does Kamala have to lose for Democrats to realize that the Hitler rhetoric doesn't work?
