Hitler resurfaces at Faith & Freedom Coalition conference

Created
Tue, 27/06/2023 - 00:30
Updated
Tue, 27/06/2023 - 00:30
The right’s dictator references are nothing new After the Hamilton County, Indiana, chapter of the “extremist” Moms for Liberty placed a Hitler quote on the front page of its June newsletter, they received unwanted attention and blowback. The Hill: The quote, believed to be from a 1935 speech by Hitler, reads, “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” The Nazi Party trained young people through school and summer camps to indoctrinate them into Nazi ideology. Paige Miller, chairwoman of the chapter, apologized in an updated version of the newsletter after initially giving an explanation that the quote “should put parents on alert.” “We condemn Adolf Hitler’s actions and his dark place in human history,” Miller said. “We should not have quoted him in our newsletter and express our deepest apology.” Maybe not so deep. Maybe not so sincere. I asked last week why the MAGA right keeps Hitler quotes so handy. “Moms” are not alone. Hitler resurfaced again over the weekend at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Policy Conference” at the Washington Hilton. Presumably, the context was the triple threat of critical race theory, “woke,” and “grooming” in schools. “Basically, this is an evangelistic movement on the left…. It’s indoctrination. They are proselytizing to the next generation,” alleges Liberty University’s Ryan Helfenbein in a Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) interview. “What we’re discovering as parents and conservatives is — wait a second — education really is evangelism. So, if you don’t control education, you cannot…