Trump responds to Hitler comparison

CNN
March 8, 2016


(CNN) -- Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed criticism of a new practice at his rallies that has been compared to the "Heil" salute from Nazi Germany, dismissing the controversy as "ridiculous" before saying he would look into ending it.

"I don't know about the Hitler comparison. I hadn't heard that, but it's a terrible comparison. I'm not happy about that certainly," Trump said on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Recently, Trump has started asking voters to raise their right hand and pledge to support him -- creating an image that some have argued evokes the rise of Adolph Hitler, particularly when coupled with his sharp rhetoric towards minority groups like Mexicans and Muslims.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox, a spirited Trump detractor, said last month that the GOP front-runner "reminds me of Hitler."

Anne Frank's step-sister, in a January essay to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, accused trump of "acting like another Hitler."

Before that, former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" that his plan to halt the immigration of Muslims into the U.S. reminded her of "the kind of rhetoric that allowed Hitler to move forward.

Trump has dismissed such comparisons in the past.
When a Philadelphia newspaper made the comparison on it's cover last December, Trump told CNN it was "just another paper going out of business."

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"Trump responds to Hitler comparison" by David Wright and Gregory Krieg, CNN
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