Such is the position of Chris Stewart, Republican Congressman from Utah:
"Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) did not endorse Donald Trump during the Republican presidential primary. He endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and in a radio interview before his state's caucus, he denounced the GOP front-runner in the strongest language possible: He called Trump a fascist. "Donald Trump does not represent Republican ideals; he is our Mussolini," he said at the time. "Donald Trump's approach is, 'I am just going to do it.'" In the same interview, Stewart said the election was the most important since 1860, when Abraham Lincoln's win prompted the South to secede."
"But now that Trump has all but clinched his party's nomination, Stewart is having second thoughts on the GOP's Mussolini. "While Mr. Trump wasn't my first choice, we must move forward and unite to defeat Hillary Clinton," he told the Associated Press.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/congressman-who-called-trump-our-mussolini-will-vote-him-anyway
Sounds like the Berners who also think Hillary is worse than Mussolini.
Meanwhile. Steve Scalise, third in the GOP House differs with Paul Ryan on supporting Donald Trump. Of course. Like Trump Scalise also won the support of David Duke.
"Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) did not endorse Donald Trump during the Republican presidential primary. He endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and in a radio interview before his state's caucus, he denounced the GOP front-runner in the strongest language possible: He called Trump a fascist. "Donald Trump does not represent Republican ideals; he is our Mussolini," he said at the time. "Donald Trump's approach is, 'I am just going to do it.'" In the same interview, Stewart said the election was the most important since 1860, when Abraham Lincoln's win prompted the South to secede."
"But now that Trump has all but clinched his party's nomination, Stewart is having second thoughts on the GOP's Mussolini. "While Mr. Trump wasn't my first choice, we must move forward and unite to defeat Hillary Clinton," he told the Associated Press.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/congressman-who-called-trump-our-mussolini-will-vote-him-anyway
Sounds like the Berners who also think Hillary is worse than Mussolini.
Meanwhile. Steve Scalise, third in the GOP House differs with Paul Ryan on supporting Donald Trump. Of course. Like Trump Scalise also won the support of David Duke.
You know who else likes Mussolini? Putin of course. Putin is a big fan of Trump, and it's mutual.
You know who else likes him? The Communist Chinese. They don't hold his China bashing against him too much:
"After months of lamenting that “we are being ripped so badly by China” in trade and that it is “playing us like a fiddle” in dealing with North Korea, Donald Trump took his tough-on-China rhetoric to new extremes last week, declaring on Sunday, “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country” with trade deficits. “It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world,” the presumptive Republican nominee said.
"By Tuesday, Trump’s vulgar metaphor was the fourth-most-discussed topic on the Chinese Twitter equivalent Weibo, but the reactions in Chinese media and social media have been surprisingly tepid. Most Weibo comments consist of guffawing emojis and crude jokes. The Global Times, the state-run conservative tabloid,argued that Sino-American trade has in fact benefited the United States, all while still dismissing Trump’s statement as a mere ploy to rally his populist base. On the state-managed Chinese news website Interface, one article even touted the “rape” comment as cause for a Trump presidency: Better for the U.S. president to care about business deals than aggressively promoting America’s democratic values abroad or bolstering U.S. allies in Asia."
"Even as China’s government has refused to comment on Trump’s diatribes, a survey of both official state media and social media networks reveals that a growing contingent of Chinese believe the mogul’s potential presidency could actually end up benefiting China—perhaps more so than a President Hillary Clinton, whose criticism of the country’s human rights record infuriates Chinese leaders. Some Chinese admire Trump’s glitzy businesses, big-name brand and candid personality. Others genuinely think the candidate’s “America First” foreign policy positions would give China the upper hand in Sino-American relations and allow more room for China to assert itself on the world stage."
You know who else likes him? The Communist Chinese. They don't hold his China bashing against him too much:
"After months of lamenting that “we are being ripped so badly by China” in trade and that it is “playing us like a fiddle” in dealing with North Korea, Donald Trump took his tough-on-China rhetoric to new extremes last week, declaring on Sunday, “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country” with trade deficits. “It’s the greatest theft in the history of the world,” the presumptive Republican nominee said.
"By Tuesday, Trump’s vulgar metaphor was the fourth-most-discussed topic on the Chinese Twitter equivalent Weibo, but the reactions in Chinese media and social media have been surprisingly tepid. Most Weibo comments consist of guffawing emojis and crude jokes. The Global Times, the state-run conservative tabloid,argued that Sino-American trade has in fact benefited the United States, all while still dismissing Trump’s statement as a mere ploy to rally his populist base. On the state-managed Chinese news website Interface, one article even touted the “rape” comment as cause for a Trump presidency: Better for the U.S. president to care about business deals than aggressively promoting America’s democratic values abroad or bolstering U.S. allies in Asia."
"Even as China’s government has refused to comment on Trump’s diatribes, a survey of both official state media and social media networks reveals that a growing contingent of Chinese believe the mogul’s potential presidency could actually end up benefiting China—perhaps more so than a President Hillary Clinton, whose criticism of the country’s human rights record infuriates Chinese leaders. Some Chinese admire Trump’s glitzy businesses, big-name brand and candid personality. Others genuinely think the candidate’s “America First” foreign policy positions would give China the upper hand in Sino-American relations and allow more room for China to assert itself on the world stage."
Mike, more and more RedState headlines could be your headlines these days:
ReplyDeleteBen Carson Confident There Are Plenty of Qualified Trump Bootlickers for Vice President
Government Spontaneously, Dramatically Changing the Rules is Terrible for Business
Team Hillary Goes After Trump’s Respect for Women (with video)
Why is the Center for Immigration Studies publishing an “alt right” racist?
Sarah Palin’s Plan to Take on Paul Ryan Will Just Scam More People
Paul Ryan Is Playing Trump Like A Grand Piano
Postmortem for the Conservative Movement, Part 2: A Deficit of Ideas
5 Ways In Which Trump Supporters Are Like Cult Followers
Not ALL of them of course, but I suspect a majority.
The immigration one is interesting. In the late 80s or early 90s I was a member of one of those groups they list for a short time (I was pretty anti-immigration then). I've heard of VDARE, but I didn't understand that there were ties to groups like FAIR. Or that Michelle Malkin has written for VDARE.
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What bothers me is that there are too many conservatives who associate with this kind of drivel, people like Michelle Malkin and others. I was disappointed to know that she stated support for Richwine and has written for VDARE, which is in the same vein as CIS and has a veneer of sophistication behind their racism.
Mike, the images collected in this post are great:
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This photograph might as well be Trump fan art,... it has an air of unreality to it. Destined to be a classic photo I think.
DeleteWow Tom. Lots of great stuff. Feel like I'm at a banquet of great lines-where to start first?
ReplyDeleteWhat's interesting about immigration is that Wall St. wanted reform, as did the Chamber of Commerce and yet it was defeated by the GOP voters.
It kind of disproves Bernie's theory that it's always the rich guys to blame.