White House berates Trump for echoing Hitler by calling opponents ‘vermin’
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from on (#6GBEP)
Former president promised if re-elected to root out ... fascists and radical left thugs that live like vermin' in speech on Veterans' Day
The Biden White House condemned Donald Trump for promising, if re-elected president, to root out" opponents within US society he called communists, Marxists, fascists and radical left thugs that live like vermin".
Employing words like vermin' to describe anyone who makes use of their basic right to criticise the government echoes dictators' like Hitler and Mussolini," the White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said, quoting Washington Post coverage of Trump's remarks.
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