Beto O'Rourke: “The parliament or the Congress, their legislature passed…”

“It's the way, you know, you and I, when we were in school, were looking at the people in Germany in 1933. That guy's named chancellor in January of that year. In 53 days, he has destroyed German democracy. The. The. The parliament or the Congress, their legislature passed these enabling laws just like the Republicans are doing in Congress today. That said, anything you want, you go out and do it. And he goes from being this buffoonish, clownish thug who can barely hold power to the undisputed master and dictator of the German people.” (22:49–22:57)

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