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Christopher Hitchens died nine years ago today. Here are some of his quotations that apply to Trump:
“He’s a fascist and he’s an ignorant peasant and a superstition monger.” [Scarborough Country, MSNBC, 3/11/04]
“He’s a fascist and he’s an ignorant peasant and a superstition monger.” [Scarborough Country, MSNBC, 3/11/04]
“His decline mingles the senile with the childish in a most unmanly way.” [Evening Standard, 2/11/92]
“Men who have had trouble growing up are acutely dangerous to women.” [Mail on Sunday, 3/20/94]
“Men who have had trouble growing up are acutely dangerous to women.” [Mail on Sunday, 3/20/94]
“Much nodding is required at his public events, as sympathetic but baffled audiences do their decent best to show that they know what he thinks he meant to say.” [Evening Standard, 9/14/00]
“There is a limit to the success of conservative populism and the exploitation of ‘little guy’ or ‘silent majority’ rhetoric, and it is very often reached because of the emaciated, corrupted personalities of the demagogues themselves.” [Dissent, Fall 1990]
“It’s often noticeable that the person who rails against ‘elites’ and the person who profits by oligarchy are the same person.” [Vanity Fair, Nov. 1992]
