Tulsi Gabbard, a former Hawaii Congresswoman for the Democratic Party who resigned from the party in a searing video last week, compared President Joe Biden to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler..She made the remark while campaigning for New Hampshire GOP Senate hopeful Don Bolduc in Manchester, NH, on the weekend..Gabbard said Biden and Hitler appear to share a “mindset” about how to lead a country.. Tulsi GabbardTulsi Gabbard .“And this is something that is, you know, throughout history, we look at authoritarian leaders and dictators in other countries,” she said..“I’m pretty sure they all believe they’re doing what’s best. Even Hitler thought he was doing what was best for Germany, right? For the German race. In his own mind, he found a way to justify the means to meet his end.”.“So, when we have people with that mindset, well, you know we’ve got to do whatever it takes because, as President Biden said in that speech in Philadelphia, those who supported Trump, those who didn’t vote for him are extremists and a threat to our democracy.”. Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler .Biden first maligned Trump supporters in a speech he made in Maryland in August in an unusually pointed and highly charged attack, calling them semi-fascists..“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of extreme MAGA philosophy,” Biden said. “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the, I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism.”.Biden’s speech in Philadelphia was a full-on attack on Republicans, again comparing them to fascists, while standing in front of a dark red lighted wall, with two Marines standing guard behind him.. Joe BidenCourtesy AbC .Many pundits said it was reminiscent of Nazi rallies in 1930s and ‘40s..It didn’t take long for two-time failed presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, to chime in with her own Hitler comparison of Trump supporters..“I remember as a young student, you know, trying to figure out, how people get basically drawn in by Hitler. How did that happen? I’d watch newsreels and I’d see this guy standing up there ranting and raving, and people shouting and raising their arms. I thought, ‘What’s happened to these people?'” Clinton said in September at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin..“You saw the rally in Ohio the other night, Trump is there ranting and raving for more than an hour, and you have these rows of young men with their arms raised. I thought, ‘What is going on?'”.Clinton was alluding to a Sept. 17 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, for Republican senate candidate J.D. Vance, which Trump attended..Video from the event shows a number of his supporters raising their arms with the index finger pointing upward, which some took as a reference to a salute associated with the Qanon conspiracy theory. .Others suggested they might have been signaling “No. 1” to punctuate a point Trump made in his speech..In the blistering Twitter video of her resignation, Gabbard said “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who divide us by racializing every issue and stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms that are enshrined in our Constitution.” .When asked on FOX News if she had plans to join the Republican Party, she said no, but being on the campaign trail with Republican Don Bolduc, a retired brigadier general, will no doubt raise the question again..A veteran of the Hawaii Army National Guard, Gabbard served in Iraq between 2004 and 2005 and Buldoc said she and he share an outsider’s stance on military issues..“I tried to get words like compassion, empathy and humanity in the dialogue of leadership traits in the military, but they were considered by the leadership as being too soft terms,” Buldoc told the New Hampshire Union Leader..“I’m honored to have her support and looking forward to barnstorming with her!” Buldoc Tweeted..Gabbard offered support to Buldoc at a meet-and-greet on the weekend..“[The Democratic Party] are actively undermining our fundamental freedoms and they’re actively pushing us farther towards the brink of nuclear war,” she said, alluding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats of nuclear retaliation over the war in Ukraine
