Trump Used Nazi Imagery With ‘Vermin’ Remark, Biden Says

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By Michelle Jamrisko and Stephanie Lai

November 15, 2023 at 3:35 AM UTC

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President Joe Biden lambasted Republican frontrunner Donald Trump for comparing his political enemies to “vermin,” saying the language evoked that of Nazi Germany.

“A specific phrase — it’s just a specific meaning,” Biden said Tuesday at a political fundraiser in San Francisco. “It echoes language you heard in Nazi Germany in the ‘30s. And this isn’t even the first time.”