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Trump compares political opponents to 'vermin' who he will 'root out,' alarming historians

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Trump compares political opponents to 'vermin' who he says "live like vermin" at a Veterans Day rally in New Hampshire .

Historians and Trump 's critics say the parallels to Hitler and Mussolini are alarming.

A Trump campaign spokesman dismissed the comparisons, saying they are "suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome ".

A White House spokesperson in a statement to The Daily Beast at the time called the comment "abhorrent" and "dangerous," saying, "The role of leaders is to bring people together; never to turn them against one another with divisive, self-serving poison." Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel repeatedly refused to weigh in on Trump 's "vermin" comments when asked during her appearances on NBC and CNN 's Sunday news shows. "I will say this: I know President Trump supports our veterans," McDaniel said on " Meet the Press .".

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64

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63

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12

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

56

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offensive

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possibly hateful

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short-lived

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