James Clyburn: American Under Trump Is Like Germany Under Hitler

Incredibly troubling. That’s the best I can do with that word incredible. I feel we’re facing some real vicarious times in the country. Of course, having studied history and having taught history, I can only equate one period of time with what we experience now, and that was what was going on in Germany around 1934 right after the 1932 elections when Adolph Hitler was elected chancellor. He began to do things to discredit the media, to disrupt the judicial system. And if you recall from your studies, they had swastikas hung on churches all over Germany. And when I see, ad hear and experience what’s going on in the country today, I think back to that time, and I really believe that we as Americans had better get a handle on things. If we don’t, we could very well see ourselves going the way of Germany