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Trump: It’s ‘ridiculous’ to compare his pledge to a Nazi salute
Source: Washington Post
Trump: It’s ‘ridiculous’ to compare his pledge to a Nazi salute
By Jenna Johnson March 8 at 11:29 AM
Within minutes of Donald Trump asking thousands of his supporters at a rally in Orlando on Saturday afternoon to raise their right hands and "solemnly swear" to vote for him, the comparisons were being made.
Taken out of context, photos and video of the pledge looked like a large crowd saluting the Republican presidential front-runner, which was reminiscent to some of Nazis saluting Adolf Hitler. When a Politico reporter asked Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, about these comparisons on Saturday, she responded: “What a disgusting thing to ask. A disgrace.”
The comparisons continued on Sunday and Monday, with the Times of Israel publishing an article that quoted former Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, calling the pledge a "fascist gesture" and saying: "He is smart enough — he always tells us how smart he is — to know the images that this evokes." That same day, Trump repeated the pledge with rally crowds in North Carolina and Mississippi.
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"Today's" Savannah Guthrie brought up Foxman's comparison to a "Nazi salute" and asked Trump: "I wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore, if people do feel that way?"
"Well, I think it's ridiculous. I mean, we're having such a great time," Trump responded, listing off his latest crowd counts. "Sometimes, we'll do it for fun. ... They'll start screaming at me: 'Do the swearing! Do the swearing.' I mean, they're having such a great time. ... Honestly, until this phone call, I didn't know it was a problem."
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By Jenna Johnson March 8 at 11:29 AM
Within minutes of Donald Trump asking thousands of his supporters at a rally in Orlando on Saturday afternoon to raise their right hands and "solemnly swear" to vote for him, the comparisons were being made.
Taken out of context, photos and video of the pledge looked like a large crowd saluting the Republican presidential front-runner, which was reminiscent to some of Nazis saluting Adolf Hitler. When a Politico reporter asked Trump's spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, about these comparisons on Saturday, she responded: “What a disgusting thing to ask. A disgrace.”
The comparisons continued on Sunday and Monday, with the Times of Israel publishing an article that quoted former Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, calling the pledge a "fascist gesture" and saying: "He is smart enough — he always tells us how smart he is — to know the images that this evokes." That same day, Trump repeated the pledge with rally crowds in North Carolina and Mississippi.
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"Today's" Savannah Guthrie brought up Foxman's comparison to a "Nazi salute" and asked Trump: "I wonder how you feel about that comparison and whether it would make you want to perhaps not do it anymore, if people do feel that way?"
"Well, I think it's ridiculous. I mean, we're having such a great time," Trump responded, listing off his latest crowd counts. "Sometimes, we'll do it for fun. ... They'll start screaming at me: 'Do the swearing! Do the swearing.' I mean, they're having such a great time. ... Honestly, until this phone call, I didn't know it was a problem."
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/08/trump-its-ridiculous-to-compare-his-pledge-to-a-nazi-salute/
