Posted on 01/03/2019 12:30:11 PM PST by Starman417
Hank Johnson is dependable, if nothing else. He can be depended upon for utterly stupid remarks. In the absolute laziest of mental exercises, the other day he likened Trump to Hitler:
Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) repeatedly compared President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.The Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Holocaust Museum have taken exception to democrats' free use of this idiotic comparison:Johnson said, “Americans elected an authoritarian, an anti-immigrant, racist strongman to the nation’s highest office. Donald Trump and his ‘Make America Great Again’ followers who want to return American back to a time where white men and white privilege were unchallenged, and where minorities and women were in their place. These folks now control the highest office of the land. Donald Trump supporters are older, less educated, less prosperous, and they are dying early. Their life spans are decreasing, and many are dying from alcoholism, drug overdoses, liver disease, or simply a broken heart caused by economic despair.”
He continued, “Much like how Hitler took over the Nazi party, Trump has taken over the Republican party.”
He added, “Hitler was accepting of violence toward the achievement of political objectives. Trump encouraged violence against protesters at his rallies, and his messaging about Charlottesville, that there were bad people on both sides, sent a powerful message of approval to the far right racists in America.”
An Anti-Defamation League spokesperson told TheDC:The irony is, Johnson has a history of anti-Semitism . He, like his hero Louis Farrakhan, is comfortable calling Jews "termites"::We appreciate Rep. Johnson’s strong stance against anti-Semitism and his focus on the need to treat all people with dignity. As we’ve said before, we believe all people must be extremely careful in drawing comparisons to the Holocaust or the Nazi regime in whatever context. The lesson that should be reinforced from that dark time is that all good people need to speak out clearly and quickly when morally abhorrent actions are taken by those in power against any group.
Andy Hollinger, the Communications Director of The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, pointed TheDC to an article they published last month on the increase in comparisons made between the Holocaust or Hitler and something or someone they dislike.
“This oversimplified approach to complex history is dangerous,” it reads. “As the Holocaust recedes in time, some Americans (and Europeans) are becoming increasingly casual and disrespectful to the mass murder of millions.”
Many have used the Holocaust as a reference point to compare a policy they dislike. Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared migrants traveling through Central America to the United States to Jewish people fleeing the Nazis.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) launched into a tirade against Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians, comparing Jewish people who live in disputed territories to "termites" that destroy homes. Johnson also compared Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a remark that drew vocal agreement from those in the room.Johnson is not the sharpest knife in the democrat drawer. He once voiced grave concern that overpopulation of Guam could cause it to tip over"There has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a residence and eat before you know that you’ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there has been settlement activity that has marched forward with impunity and at an ever increasing rate to the point where it has become alarming," Johnson said during an event sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, an anti-Israel organization that galvanizes supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS.
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The really sad thing is Hank Johnson is at the upper end of the IQ scale for dem pols at around 77.
out of over 7 billion people, only this one guy was bright, brilliant, perceptive enough to warn us of the danger of Guam tipping over and sinking
so we should give VERY serious consideration to any further revelations he can share with us
Leave Hank alone. His predecessor was Cynthia McKinney, absolutely worse. Where he is you can’t expect much.
Stephen Fetchet comes to mind here.
That dumb negro Johnson thinks islands float on the ocean.
What a moron.
No wonder this country has problems with idiots like this in office!
I think his sanity tipped over too. Why do we have to listen to this moron?
A low IQ further impaired by a Hepatitis C infection that has affected his cognitive abilities, according to Wikipedia. And this is one of the 535 that the People in their Wisdom have sent to make decisions for us.
why is there no mention of his mother on his wiki page?
It was his concern that Marines on one side of the island would cause it to capsize. The Navy Admiral that was at the hearing, almost gouged his eye out, trying not to laugh out loud at this dumb n*gger, *=a, it's true.
Bkmk
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