John Legend:
Trump’s ‘Hitler-Level’ Rhetoric Could Turn U.S. Into Nazi Germany
by Jerome Hudson17 Nov 2016
Singer-songwriter John
Legend blasted President-elect Donald Trump and predicted his
“Hitler-like” rhetoric could turn the United States into Nazi Germany in
an interview this week.
“I feel like it’s dangerous for us to be complacent. It’s
dangerous for us to think that it couldn’t happen to us like it happened to
Germany in the ’30s and ’40s,” the “Love in the Future” singer said when asked
about his 2015 Academy Awards acceptance speech in a Hollywood
Reporter roundtable this
week.
“Trump is saying Hitler-level things in public,” Legend
continued. “The world and America have done some atrocious things in the past,
and we could do it again if we had the wrong leadership and if people of
conscience don’t speak up.”
Legend was a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton’s
failed White House bid, performing last summer at an all-star
concert fundraiser for the former Democratic nominee.
The Grammy winner has repeatedly attacked Trump on
Twitter, calling him a “racist”
in one memorable social media battle with Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos followed Legend’s comments
during the star-studded Q&A and said,
“We all have to deal with the DSA, the Divided States of America. We have to
deal with the emotions.”
Legend is far from the only celebrity to have compared
the President-elect to Hitler. In no particular order, other celebrities and
public figures who have made the comparison include Cher,
Spike Lee, Bill
Maher, Louis
C.K., Roger
Waters, Whoopi
Goldberg, Eva
Longoria, Sarah
Silverman, Billie
Joe Armstrong, Maynard
James Keenan, Russell
Simmons, Ken
Burns, and some cast members of Saturday
Night Live.
Hollywood Reporter
Eric
Mika is the SVP for the Hollywood
Reporter, and a director at the Creative
Coalition.
Note: Tonya Lewis Lee
is a director at the Creative Coalition,
and married to Spike Lee.
Matthew C. Blank
is a director at the Creative Coalition,
and a trustee at the Harlem Children's
Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.
Robin Hood
Foundation was a funder for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and the Harlem
Village Academies.
John
Legend is a director at the Harlem
Village Academies.
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