Someone named Greg fixed this previously stupid antifa meme.
Posted on 07/22/2018 4:41:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Democrat challenging Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) for his New York House seat said he was motivated to run for office because of "parallels" he saw between President Trump's political rise and Adolf Hitler's ascent to power in Germany.
The comments, made in February at a Democratic primary forum in East Marion, N.Y., were captured in a video sent to The Hill from a Republican operative and also posted online in the Facebook page of Southold Town Democratic Committee, a group committed to electing "leaders with Democratic values" in Southold, NY.
In the video, Perry Gershon, who previously worked as a lender in commercial real estate, recalls paying a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington during the 2016 presidential race.
"I was struck by the parallels between the rise of Donald Trump today and the rise of Hitler back then," Gershon says. "And I just said to myself that we have to stand up and make sure this doesn't happen in America."
It was from that point on, Gershon said that he began to pay close attention to the presidential race.
"When Trump won, I just said, we – or I as a person – need to step up and fight back," he says. "And we all as people – Democrats, but also Americans – need to step up and fight this wave of what could be authoritarianism."
"If you look at what's happened recently, it's sure seeming to go that way," he continues. "So I decided the best way I could fight the battle is to challenge Lee Zeldin for the office."
In the video, Gershon also cites examples of "creeping authoritarianism" under Trump, pointing to the president's support for a military parade in Washington and the president calling Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address "treasonous." "Donald Trump called his opponents – the Democrats – treasonous for not clapping at the State of the Union. This is creeping authoritarian rule, and if we don’t step up behind one of these Democrats to take down Lee Zeldin, we’re all going to be at their mercy," he said.
Gershon's campaign responded to a request for comment from The Hill by trying to tie Zeldin to Trump.
"Donald Trump's disregard for our institutions, his belittling of our intelligence and law enforcement community, as well as the press, and his insistence that the rules do not apply to him have been troubling from day one," said spokesman Phil Shulman.
"Congressman Lee Zeldin and his fellow Washington insiders have enabled this behavior by abdicating their responsibility to be a check on the executive branch. Long Islanders deserve a Congressman who will stand up for what's right, regardless of political affiliation."
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Gershon beat out a crowded field of Democrats in New York's primary in June to challenge Zeldin in the Long Island congressional district – one of a handful in the state that was won by Trump in 2016.
The seat has been rated as "Likely Republican" by The Cook Political Report
Zeldin's campaign said comparing Trump's rise to Hitler's was "disgusting."
"Gershon should be substantially more educated and sympathetic on this disgusting comparison," said Zeldin's campaign communications director Chris Boyle.
"It is appalling to compare the rise of President Trump to the rise of Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party who ordered the systematic killing of millions of Jewish people and other innocent people. This is the type of unhinged rhetoric that should disqualify Gershon from running for any office," Boyle added.
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What the hell does the US Memorial Holocaust Museum have in it that would lead to any, even the remotest, notion that DJT’s rise and Hitler’s could be thought as similar. I’ll do this nut job one better... I went to Dachau in 1978 and saw nothing that would suggest such stupidity.
I saw with my own eyes the rod iron “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” gate.
Hey, numbnuts… “WISSEN MACHT FREI”. Try it out.
The NappyOne
I’m betting most of these people spouting this Hitler, Nazi line have zero knowledge of actual history and in fact if they have a degree at all its in something like gender studies or floral management.
Wah, wait, that's Antifa.
Hitler breathed air, Trump breathes air, therefore trump is like one hundred and eleventy billion hitlers
Recall how brocko had never accomplished anything? Same with hitler.
Recall how brocko had won a couple of elections by eliminating his opponents until he was unopposed? Same with hitler.
Remember how brocko was unknown and came on the scene suddenly? Same with hitler.
Remember how Trump built great buildings and cities? hitler never built anything.
Remember how Trump was famous 35 years before getting elected? hitler was never famous until he pulled took over.
I actually hope they are right. I hope Trump becomes a dictator but more in the mold of Pinochet, not Hitler of course. Geez!
So, there's that.
Hitler?
Really?
How original.
I guess she missed the entire obama error...
What an idiot. Calling trump supporters brown shirts
I think Gershon went to the wrong Holocaust Museum because he sure didn’t learn anything from the one in DC.
The key difference on a personal/religious level is the Pres. Trump is the most pro-Jewish president in decades, since Reagan (who gave several great pro-Israel, pro-support of the Jewish religion, one of which I heard about 1988).
Obama - Pro-Hezbollah; pro-Fatah; pro-Islamic Iran; do-nothing against ISIS; do almost nothing against the Taliban; let Islamic extremists take over a good part of Libya and Yemen, etc.
Gershon- you schmuck. You learned “nothing” like Sgt Schulz. That is why the Holocaust happened - FDR did NOT stand up for European Jewry and did his best to keep Jewish refugees out of America and Cuba.
If you ever learn something, Gershon, it is the story of the “SS St. Louis”.
Now crawl back into your intellectual devoid head and put on your jammies. We Jews don’t need sniveling little creeps like you to tell us who our friends are, and the are not YOUR friends -Warren, Sanders, Pelosi, Swalwell, Cummings, Ocasio, the communist/racist leaders of the Million Women March, the Ferguson mobs, or San Francisco.
I believe the hard nosed behavior of the police that triggered the Black community was inspired by the Obama Justice Department. Zer0 wanted such a police force to crack the heads of Tea Party Conservatives. They are now hitting the gang bangers in the drug infested Democrat run cities. The plan backfired.
Correct, an art student who was kicked out of his Vienna art school for having little to no aptitude at painting, watercolor or pencil drawing (he particularly and interestingly lacked visual “perspective” in his still life work of say, buildings— they were flat or out of proportion). His father was a civil servant and they hated each other. He developed his hatred for Jews in Vienna during his art period and especially during WWI when he badgered his jewish superior officer into giving him the Iron Cross (for being an orders “runner”... not for any combat role).
There are ZERO parallels between Pres. Trump’s youth and growing up and Adolf Hitler. This is preposterous and a cheap last shot from someone who has nothing else but hysterics.
Someone named Greg fixed this previously stupid antifa meme.
And Churchill suffered vicious media attacks that lasted for decades. They went after his children and his friends. And a thankless English public voted him out of office the first chance they had. As the saying goes, a prophet is without honor in his home town. But who the hell remembers Clement Atlee?
But they cannot look in the mirror and see that modern democrat party is the closest thing to Nazis I have seen in America.
What a refreshing, innovative and entirely new way of looking at politics. No one has ever thought of comparing Hitler to a current leader. Wow. Must be a Millenial. Someone should call CNN and MSNBC to quote this.
Wake me up when the Left says anything new or clever.
Sheesh!
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