Harold Crumpley: Trump uses many of Nazism’s propaganda tactics
Re “President Trump makes U.S. better” (Letters, Dec. 24): Does anyone remember that Hitler was elected to office? He took outrageous positions, not letting the truth interfere. When you lie, he told his followers, tell a big lie and repeat it often – make it ugly and loud. He fanned the flames of fear among the people and scapegoated a people already held a prejudice.
We always said: “It can’t happen here.” I hope not, but I see a parallel between The Donald and The Fuhrer. If you can’t, maybe you do need to repeat history.
Harold Crumpley, Modesto
This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 3:44 PM with the headline "Harold Crumpley: Trump uses many of Nazism’s propaganda tactics."