A Yale University historian was both baffled and amused by a follower of Donald Trump who spoke with NBC this week and attempted to share her knowledge about Nazi-era Germany.
During an appearance with MSNBC host Ali Velshi, historian Joanne Freeman. was shown the clip of the woman identified as Melissa Poghossian that had Freeman struggling to control laughing at the MAGA fan.
In the clip, Poghossian first stated, "I don't want to see what happened in Germany years ago happen here in this country," and then was pressed, "What do you mean what happened in Germany?" to which she replied, "All of the things that started World War II. Just witch hunts and brainwashing people."
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Asked by host Velshi to weigh in, Freeman started by shaking her head and remarking, "That is part of the ongoing campaign of lies and now threats."
"Think about the degree to which that woman has absolutely no understanding of what happened with the Nazis and World War II, right?" she continued while laughing. "Brainwashing and — the words she is throwing out are words of the Trump campaign and have nothing to do with Germany. We see that a lot with the word fascism being tossed around with no meaning at all. People have a sense it is a bad word so we will throw it out and we will attach Democrats to it."
"It is part of this ongoing firehose of lies," she stated. "The problem at this point is — again, it is rhetoric and also a promise. It is kind of a win-win for Trump because, on the one hand, he is saying bluntly this campaign is about me and my ego, right? 'I want power. People have done bad things to me,' he is using that to fuel the emotion of his supporters because his whole campaign, that is all it is, hate and rage and fear and that is what he keeps drumming up."
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