SECOND TAKE
ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: Stop Trumpism from morphing into Hitlerism
Americans have had enough of the lying politicians who propped up a despotic president
11 January 2021 - 13:34
Reassuring as condemnations might be from Missouri governor Mike Parson, senator Roy Blunt and representative Ann Wagner, they are much too little and come way too late.
These Republican leaders, all having shared a spot on the national stage during the Trump presidency, had multiple occasions and strong justifications to stand up and condemn Trump’s dangerous rhetoric. Yet they waited to speak out until long after armed thugs, instigated by Trump, had rampaged across Capitol Hill, defiling the House of Representatives and Senate...
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