Headline Roundup • May 6th, 2024
Trump Compares Biden Administration to ‘Gestapo’ at Private Donor Event
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Former President Donald Trump compared the Biden administration to the “Gestapo” during a private donor event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, drawing ire from the White House.
Trump’s Comment: Trump said, “These people are running a Gestapo administration, and it's the only thing they have. And it's the only way they're going to win, in their opinion, and it's actually killing them. But it doesn't bother me.”
White House Response: White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement, “Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officers their lives, President Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reduction in 50 years.”
How The Media Covered It: Several outlets reported obtaining audio that included Trump’s remarks. Axios (Lean Left bias) included context on North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum’s comments to CNN (Lean Left bias) that Trump's "Gestapo" remarks were not "central to what he was talking about.” Reuters (Center bias) described highlighted “a series of inflammatory and racist statements on the campaign trail” previously made by Trump.
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The White House denounced former President Trump Sunday over reports that he compared President Biden's administration to the Gestapo, the Nazi-era secret police force in Germany.
The big picture: The New York Times first reported that Trump made the comments after criticizing indictments against him at a private donor event in Florida Saturday, days after a New York judge found him in contempt for violating a gag order in his hush money trial.
"These people are running a Gestapo administration," Trump said, according to audio obtained by the NYT. "And it's the only thing they have. And it's the only...
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved in his criminal indictments, according to a recording heard by U.S. media outlets.
Trump, whose own rhetoric has drawn accusations of fascist tendencies from civil rights groups and other critics, made the comparison with the Nazi police in Germany's World War Two regime at a donor retreat Saturday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
The comments came after Trump reprised his complaint...
Former President Donald Trump took his war of words against his election opponent, President Joe Biden, to a new level on Saturday, reportedly comparing his opponent’s administration to the “Gestapo.”
Trump made the comparison between the Biden administration and the secret police in Nazi Germany during a private donor event at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, according to multiple reports citing audio from the event.
“These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said, according to NBC News. “And it’s the only thing they have. And it’s the only way they’re going to win in their opinion.”
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