Biden Campaign Draws Controversy with Trump-Hitler Comparison
Mike Godwin, creator of 'Godwin's Law', contradicts his own rule by endorsing the comparison.
- President Joe Biden's re-election campaign has compared former President Trump to Adolf Hitler in a series of graphic quotes on social media, drawing criticism and sparking debate.
- Attorney Mike Godwin, creator of 'Godwin's Law', has stated that it is acceptable to compare Trump to Hitler, contradicting his own rule that the first to mention Hitler in a debate loses the argument.
- Godwin warns that Trump's 'frank authoritarianism' and divisive rhetoric warrant such comparisons and pose potential dangers to democracy.
- Trump has responded to these comparisons by stating that he uses language 'in a much different way' than Hitler did, and that he has 'never read' Hitler's treatise, 'Mein Kampf'.
- Several other figures, including historian Douglas Brinkley and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, have also likened Trump's rhetoric to that of Hitler.