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‘It took the Nazis one month’: Pritzker compares Trump’s policies to 1930s Germany

forward.com ‘It took the Nazis one month’: Pritzker compares Trump’s policies to 1930s Germany

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker compared Trump’s first month in office to tactics used by Nazis in Germany.

Summary

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker compared Donald Trump’s policies to the rise of Nazi Germany, warning against authoritarianism in his State of the State address.

Citing historical parallels, particularly economic grievances fueling extremism, he condemned Trump’s immigration policies. Republicans denounced his remarks as divisive.

He emphasized the speed of democratic collapse, stating, “It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.”

Pritzker also referenced Skokie’s 1978 neo-Nazi march, urging vigilance against threats to democracy.

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Remember when people would make comparisons to Nazis and it was always a sign they were a thoughtless lunatic?
Scares the poop right out of me that now the lunatics are anyone that denies the very real parallels.
- I only remember one side being called Nazis, and we were right. We have always been right. You seeing them as lunatics, does not make them so.

Republicans denounced his remarks as divisive
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- Being nazis: Not divisive Calling out Nazis: Divisive
  
  Nazis hate being called or equated to nazis when doing things the nazis did
- I for one would like a clear division between the Nazis and me.
  
  a clear division between the Nazis and me
  I don't need a division: I'll take a platoon if it's really well-armed.

I love how every time repulicans are assholes its divisive to point it out.
- "It's divisive when you point out the divisive stuff we are doing! Why are you so divisive??"

I love my governor! I was really skeptical of him at first (being a billionaire and all)*, but he has really pleasantly surprised me. It looks like he's starting the soft campaign for president with this, and all I can say is that I am sad that if he gets elected, the loss of Illinois' best governor of my lifetime will be the entire country's gain.
*I wanted to add that his wealth still bothers me, but he's proven that he's the exception that proves the rule that billionaires are bad. He's really put his money to work for people and "can't be bought." With the amount of good he's done, it makes one wonder why the others haven't done anything similar.
- I agree. I did not vote for him in the first primary but he has been spectacular and now has my vote for as long as he will stick around and keep doing good work. Kamalas veep impressed me to once I got to know him. I was worried pritzker would get the vp nod at one point and we would lose him. I think his money is what kept that from happening.

Remember: killing nazis is always ok ❤️

When I call Republicans "Nazis" I'm referring to 1933 Nazis, not 1942 Nazis. Disappointingly but unsurprisingly, many seem to not know the difference.
- I thought Nazis were Nazis.
  What is the difference?
  
  One paved the way for the other.
  They didn't start out with extermination on day one. Before that they failed an attempted coup, stripped Jews of their rights, forced the emigration and deportation of Jews, and had to build up the capacity of the future death camps.
  Their point is to recognize the rise of fascist authoritarianism before we've reached the holocaust stage.
  
  1942 Nazis were all jacked up on meth as well as being Nazis

Citing historical parallels, particularly economic grievances fueling extremism
It is correct, but I struggle to compare late Wheimar economics to Biden stickers for gas stations sold on Amazon.

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