Not the first time Diamond Jim has compared Trump to Hitler.

Via WISTV:

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham does not agree with House Rep. Jim Clyburn’s assessment that the political climate in the United States is akin to the climate in Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler in the 1930’s.

In an exclusive interview with WIS, Graham did say political temperatures are running hot, but people needed to speak their minds instead of “losing their minds.”

“Jim Clyburn’s been a friend and I don’t just say that. We played off. I enjoy his friendship. He’s been a good voice for South Carolina, a good guy to work on South Carolina issues. But people are running hot right now on both sides of the aisle,” Graham said.

“I’m a pretty good student of history. Whatever problems we have here today can’t be compared to the 1930’s. America is a work in progress. We have the ability to speak our minds. I’m just encouraging people to not lose your minds when it comes to speaking.”

Clyburn appeared on CNN several days ago and said Americans could “very well see ourselves going the way of Germany,” citing Hitler’s tactics of discrediting the media, disrupting the judicial system, and hanging swastikas in churches.

“There’s only one difference,” Clyburn said. “If I were making that comparison, then this president would be Mussolini and Putin would be Hitler.”

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