RNC spokesperson compares Democratic candidates to Benito Mussolini


Republican National Committee spokeswoman Elizabeth Harrington said she agrees with President Trump that there are no Winston Churchills in the ever-expanding crop of Democratic presidential candidates, but some of them do remind her of another World War II-era leader. Harrington told Fox News' Harris Faulkner that several of the candidates reminded her of Benito Mussolini, the authoritarian leader of Italy from 1922 to 1945.
Harrington pointed to what she considers radical agendas, such as the alleged desire to eventually render air travel obsolete, as her reasoning for comparing the Democrats to the Italian dictator.
Faulkner exclaimed that she expects Harrington will get some "pushback" for the Mussolini comment, but she said she understands "the socialism aspect" of Harrington's argument. It is worth noting, though, that Mussolini — who is regarded as a founder of fascism — was, ironically in this case, kicked out of the Italian Socialist Party after more than a decade for supporting Italian intervention in World War I, and he eventually developed his fascist ideology, rooted deeply in Italian nationalism.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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