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Op-Ed: Is Donald Trump a fascist?

At a campaign rally March 5 in Orlando, Fla., Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asks members of the audience to pledge to vote for him.

At a campaign rally March 5 in Orlando, Fla., Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asks members of the audience to pledge to vote for him.

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By Patt MorrisonColumnist 
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It’s a growing list, the people who’ve called Donald Trump another Hitler, from Anne Frank’s stepsister to comedian Louis C.K. Now, Robert O. Paxton, a Columbia professor emeritus who wrote the book on fascism, assesses whether they’re right – or if Trump is just playing one on television.


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Patt Morrison is a writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, where as a member of two reporting teams, she has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes. Her public broadcast programs have earned her six Emmys, her two non-fiction books were bestsellers and Pink’s, the Hollywood hot dog stand, named its veggie dog after her.

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