Richard Blakley began his Nov. 30 WorldNetDaily column by defending Donald Trump over criticism for tarring his critics with the Nazi-esque “vermin” smear:
Recently at a New Hampshire rally, former President Trump stated, “We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country, that lie and steal and cheat on elections, and will do anything possible, whether legally or illegally, to destroy America and the American Dream.”
Ridiculously, this part of Trump’s speech caused ABC News, NPR, The Washington Compost, MSN, CNN, USA Today and others to all start beating their war drums, stating Trump’s use of the word “vermin” likened him to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Newsweek “Fact Checkers” stated, “Trump and Hitler’s statements are not quite the same, and there is obvious, significant context that separates these sets of quotes,” yet, their gauge needle is pointing toward “mostly true” with the fine print above the needle reading, “needs context.” So, in other words, if you take what Donald Trump said totally out of context, and reword it, then you can make him sound like Hitler. Wow! How wickedly deceptive!
Blakley then tried to define what Nazis are — and, of course, got it wrong:
Let’s define the term, “Nazis.” The Nazis were a group in Germany that took power in the 1930s. They were not voted in. They took power. You can read the history. Nazis were known for Adolf Hitler’s infamous line, “If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” So, Nazis were manipulators of the people by telling big lies over and over again. Nazis were also racist, pushing racial hatred, causing societal uproar and death. Everyone knows Nazis hated Jews, but Jews were just first, for Hitler had a hit list of planned genocide, starting with Jews, then blacks, then Orientals, then Slavs and others, leaving behind what he termed the “Aryan race,” following Darwin’s insanely deranged teachings of evolution.
The term “Nazi” stood for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), or Nazi Party. They “combined national-social ideology” and became the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
So, Nazis told big lies to manipulate the people, pushed racism, especially toward the Jews, and were socialist.
Wrong. The Nazis were not socialist — most of their support came from businessmen and industrialists, not the proletariat, and Hitler himself rejected labor unions and banned left-leaning parties. Even the Encyclopedia Britannica has debunked this claim.
Nevertheless, Blakley used that flawed reasoning to deny that Trump is a Nazi:
Is Trump a Nazi? Well, he is not a socialist. He is most definitely a capitalist. He made his money in real estate and by running businesses for profit. Trump loves our Republic and understands government’s role is to represent the people, not special interest groups. That is why “bought and paid for” politicians hate Trump, because Trump is rich so cannot be bought.
Did Trump manipulate people with big lies? No! Instead, he revealed and nicknamed the Washington, D.C., swamp creatures, so we could see them. Trump was like the guy with a flashlight walking into a dirty kitchen shining a light on the roaches and “vermin” scurrying across the floor.
In fact, Trump was caught making more than 30,000 false claims during his presidency, so, yes, he was a liar and used them to manipulate people — most notably in falsely claiming election fraud to incite the Capitol riot. (And, again, Nazis got their support from businessmen, which Blakley wants to make sure we know Trump is.) But Blakley was on a tear, falsely portraying certain Democrats as Nazis:
So, who are the Nazis? Well, we need to find someone who manipulated the people of America with a big lie – such as the Russian collusion hoax – who would use such a lie to hamstring Trump’s presidency and negatively affect relations between superpowers. Who would fit that picture? Well, how about Hillary Clinton? Then we have to find someone who hates Jews, like insulting Prime Minister Netanyahu when he came to D.C., not even meeting with him, and would call for the “end of the occupation,” meaning the annihilation of the Israel. Who would fit that picture? How about Barack Hussein Obama? Or, how about people who side with antisemitic terrorist? That would be the “Squad,” whom even fellow Democrats have “slammed.”
Then we have to find someone who hates our Republic and pushes socialism, which by definition and Marxist theory, is a “progressive” stage moving from capitalism to communism. Again, the names Hillary, Obama and the Squad seem to fit the criterion. Joe Biden is just led where they lead him, since he took power with allegedly more votes than any president in history.
“Allegedly”? Looks like Blakley is still an election denier who eagerly laps up Trump’s lies on the subject (and, likely, everything else).