The South Carolina Democrat compares the president to the Italian dictator.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Sunday likened President Donald Trump to Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, warning that Trump would resist leaving office.
The South Carolina lawmaker and No. 3 House Democrat said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Trump has taken up “strong-arm tactics.” Trump ignited an uproar last week after he floated the idea of delaying the November election, which he lacks the authority to do.
“I don’t think he plans to leave the White House,” Clyburn said of Trump. “He doesn’t plan to have fair and unfettered elections. I believe that he plans to install himself in some kind of emergency way to continue to hold on to office.”
Clyburn made the historical comparison to Mussolini after drawing attention for comments he made in a PBS interview released Friday comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.❑
