Dear Commons Community,

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough suggested yesterday (see video below) that new reporting on GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s alleged praise of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler isn’t the so-called October surprise of the 2024 election.

Instead, the surprise(s) are the controversial and often divisive comments that the former president is saying himself, with less than two weeks until Election Day.

The “Morning Joe” co-host cited Trump’s recent escalating authoritarian rhetoric such as his vow to purge political opponents, declaration he would use the military on U.S. citizens and description of high-profile Democrats as “enemies from within.”

“That’s the October surprise and that’s Donald Trump’s biggest problem right now,” Scarborough said.

I hope Scarborough is right!

Tony

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