Here we go again. Trump is behaving just like Hitler.
On Friday, the New York Times published an editorial with the provocative headline “Trump Is Turning to an Old Tool of Authoritarian Repression.”
The editorial was a defense of Minn. Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar, Â who is under investigation for potential immigration fraud and more.Â
The Hitler defense of Rep. Omar was conjured by the Editorial Board of . Insofar as name-calling goes, its lame.
It is also an unmistakable deflection. Its the kind of stuff kids do in the schoolyard when caught cheating in kickball. But some kids never grow up. Perhaps they just move on to a fancier playground called The New York Times.
The Trump-Hitler comparison is a tired cudgel that the Times loves to trot out periodically to remind its readers that the current occupant of the Oval Office is evil. But in the newspapers Friday editorial, it deployed the insult in a remarkably disconnected way.
The editors argue that since tyrants in history âHitler includedâ used “revocation of a political opponents citizenship” as a “tool of authoritarian repression” that must be what President Donald Trump is doing to Omar.
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Never mind those pesky things called the law and its enforcement thereof. In fact, the Times disregards the code of federal statutes entirely, tossing them out as utterly irrelevant or meaningless.
In their conceit, the editors openly confess that they are little acquainted with the known facts or evidence. “We do not pretend to know whether the allegations have merit,” they write while adding, “They are not the main issue.”
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Really? Are potential crimes like false statements, fraud, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice of no consequence? Immaterial? Try explaining that to the roughly 6-thousand federal prosecutors who spend their professional careers upholding those types of laws.
What the Times is really arguing âbut doesnt have the courage to admitâ is that a Democratic member of Congress should be entitled to get away with suspected crimes because a particular person they despise is president.
Of course, this ignores that the original incarnation of the Omar investigation began under the presidency of Joe Biden. Again, just another pesky detail destined to be overlooked.
Instead, the Editorial Board traduces Trump for his “affront to free speech, the rule of law and American ideals.” It doesnt get more syrupy than that. And demonstrably wrong.
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Lets take free speech as an example. It is not âand never has beenâ a defense against false statements or fraud in immigration matters. Period.
Even more obvious is how the Times editors managed to mangle “the rule of law.” It is a cherished principle that dates back to the Magna Carta in 1215. It means that all people are subject to the same rules and receive equal treatment in the legal system.
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