73 year old Linda Ronstadt has been in the news lately. The pop icon recently received a Kennedy Center Award ... and has been using her visibility to talk some politics.
Ms. Ronstadt seems to be a nice person who is suffering grievously from Parkinson’s disease. As an American, she is entitled to voice her opinion and not be personally disparaged for doing that.
But she can and should be corrected.
Linda Ronstadt believes that Donald Trump is similar to Adolph Hitler. She says that the President is demonizing Mexicans the way Hitler stigmatized Jews. She puts forth that hating Mexicans is a primary reason that Mr. Trump was elected president.
This is a fringe position but one that‘s embraced by more than a few people. Of course the anti-Trump press will not challenge Linda Ronstadt but she should be held to account.
The singer says that she has read a lot about Nazi Germany and the run up to it ... so she’s absolutely sure her Hitler-Trump comparison is true. But it’s not true. In fact, the propaganda Linda Ronstadt is putting out there is insulting to millions of Americans.
Having written two books on The Third Reich... Killing Patton and Killing the SS, and another book called The United States of Trump ... I can easily refute Ms. Ronstadt’s fallacious theory.
Adolf Hitler was a violent psychopath who was actually incarcerated by German authorities for fostering rebellion before finding his way to power.
He used a private army to terrorize opponents and wrote a book clearly stating his hatred towards Jews and communists.
Donald Trump was a businessman who made a lot of money. He is non violent and won the presidency by abiding by our democratic system.
As my research on the President proves, he objects to the porous border with Mexico and wants federal immigration law enforced. And millions of honest Americans agree with him. The enormous flow of narcotics and tens of millions of illegal entries has badly damaged America.
Apparently, Linda Ronstadt does not see it that way and, as stated, she has a right to voice her opinion, as foolish as it may be.
As an American of Mexican descent, Ms. Ronstadt was raised near the border in Tucson, Arizona and from what I have heard from her, she is an open border advocate.
But this Hitler thing is disturbing. Does Linda Ronstadt really believe that the 63 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump hate Mexicans and want harm to come to them?
Does she believe the Republican Party is comprised of Nazi sympathizers who would impose a fascist government if it could?
The whole thing is ludicrous but is widely and enthusiastically disseminated by CNN and other hate-Trump media.
We are now living in a country where history is distorted all the time in order to make political points. Linda Ronstadt’s analysis of President Trump and by extension the voters who support him ... does damage because some uninformed people believe it and the press condones it.
If any singer or performer compared Bernie Sanders to Nikita Kruschev ... all hell would break loose. But the media enables any and every Donald Trump smear including the comparison to Adolph Hitler.
The question now becomes... will the majority of voters send a message that extreme propaganda and rank hatred have no place in our national discourse and election process?
The answer to that question may come in eleven months.
I’m Bill O’Reilly and I approved that message by writing it. For more news analysis, please check out the No Spin News. Also The United States of Trump and all of my Killing Books are available on Amazon and in book stores everywhere. There are 17 million copies in print.
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