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Robert B Reich on the threat of political violence in the USA
When five Brownshirts were sentenced to death for the murders, Hitler called the sentences “a most outrageous blood verdict” and publicly promised the prisoners that “from now on, your freedom is a question of honor for all of us, and to fight against the government which made possible such a verdict is our duty.”
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A chilling echo of these words can be found in one of Trump’s recent speeches in Iowa, in which he claimed that his supporters had acted “peacefully and patriotically” on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.arcamax.com/politics/fromtheleft/robertbreich/s-3075955?fs
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