Corporate CEO and failed California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman apparently compared el Trump to Mussolini and his goofy lookin’ buddy Adolf Hitler in a speech to conservatives.
Billionaire and major Republican donor Meg Whitman on Friday compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, two sources in the room told CNN.
The Hewlett-Packard CEO’s remarks at Mitt Romney’s Utah retreat of top Republican supporters and fund-raisers came as she and news anchor Campbell Brown grilled House Speaker Paul Ryan over his endorsement of Trump. Ryan, unlike several other prominent GOP officials at the retreat, chose to endorse him but has simultaneously sought to distance himself from Trump’s rhetoric about minorities.
The sources said Whitman was referring to Trump’s rhetoric within a historical context.
In response, Trump told CNN he doesn’t want Whitman’s support, though he didn’t respond to her references to Hitler and Mussolini.
“I never met Meg Whitman, but the job she is doing at Hewlett-Packard is not a very good one,” he said in a statement via his spokeswoman, Hope Hicks.
“Based on the disastrous campaign she ran in California, and the tens of millions of dollars she wasted, I have learned a lot from her. I do not want her support.”
A spokesman for Whitman didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment. A message left with Ryan’s office was not immediately returned Saturday morning.
I mean look, it’s just not useful to compare Trump to Hitler, because that doesn’t persuade anyone. He certainly shares a lot of traits with the authoritarian Fascist movement, but saying that is something you can debate. Comparing him to a genocidal maniac just shuts off the people that you’re trying to reach.
I do love Trump’s response though, which certifies yet again that he’s just a big stupid baby – “I didn’t want her endorsement anyway!” It’s like a toddler with a cookie.