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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attempted to make a historical analogy on Saturday afternoon that led critics of the conservative lawmaker -- who seems to spend every waking hour on Twitter-- to inform her that she seems to have no idea what she is talking about.
At the same time that President Joe Biden was encouraging European leaders to take a tougher line with China, Boebert compared China to post-Weimar Germany in such a way that had many puzzled and even more thinking she was just stringing words together.
According to the Republican lawmaker: "China is looking an awful lot like 1930s Germany. The policy of appeasement didn't work then. It won't work now. History doesn't repeat itself, but it definitely rhymes."
Then came the responses.....
Did you get your history degree at Trump University?— StarMztyk (@StarMztyk) 1623516809
America looks a lot like 1930s Germany, Bobo. Thanks.pic.twitter.com/SomyVaXuDx— Bruno (@Bruno) 1623516935
What you know about 1930s Germany could fit on the head of a straight pin with room left over for angels to dance on— dreadknyght17013 \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2696\ufe0f\u2694\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83e\uddd2 (@dreadknyght17013 \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2696\ufe0f\u2694\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83e\uddd2) 1623522024
I'm having a hard time finding a supportive reply to this gem of a Twitter post.— Nicholas Mitchell (@Nicholas Mitchell) 1623521662
Someone should have stayed in school and learned what rhyming is. Also\u2026https://apple.news/AW2dmEPfjRM-3WInFBLaXcw\u00a0\u2026— liddle\u2019 Carter BLM (@liddle\u2019 Carter BLM) 1623517076
That moment when you're straining to have a lucid thought for the first time in your entire life, and you're almost there, but then the wad of chewing gum, yarn and rubber bands in your skull replies, "Not today - you're Lauren Boebert"pic.twitter.com/QAnjVnTlw3— Ghost of MaverickCtzn Fully Vaccinated! (@Ghost of MaverickCtzn Fully Vaccinated!) 1623517556
You're asking a high school dropout to do research?— Patrick H (@Patrick H) 1623517630
Qbert, this water is over your head & you can't swim. I doubt your GED prep class covered 1930's Weimar and Nazi Germany. But since you commented on it, please enlighten us on how China is looking like Germany (?) And forget about the "rhymes" reference in your essay. It's lame.— vacekra (@vacekra) 1623520364
Pick up a history book and yes.......READ IT. China looks nothing like Germany in the 40's. It blows my mind my congresswoman knows so little about most everything and not willing to learn. Enjoy your meal ticket for now because we're pulling it a year from November.— Michael Petty (@Michael Petty) 1623517980
Since the attribution is missing...'History doesn't repeat itself, but it definitely rhymes' - Mark Twain (not Boebert). 'China is looking an awful lot like 1930s Germany' - paraphrasing Steve Bannon 2017 and a lot of other people (still not Boebert).— ShirtyandSniffy (@ShirtyandSniffy) 1623519979
Just stop. Go watch cartoons.— Will Koenig #vaccinated (@Will Koenig #vaccinated) 1623517523
When did you ever study 1930's Germany? You dropped out of high school at 15. Did someone tell you to post that?— therealjaymath (@therealjaymath) 1623521939
Oh please enthrall us with you DEEP knowledge of the history and the rise and fall of Germany in the 1930\u2019s and 40\u2019s, \u201cProfessor\u201c Booboo.— Christopher Martin (@Christopher Martin) 1623521941
Thank you— Stephen Shelley (@Stephen Shelley) 1623522820
Just pretend for a second that this analysis makes sense (it doesn\u2019t). What are you proposing? Another world war?— Chris Browning (@Chris Browning) 1623517078
I feel dumber for even reading this tweet. I'm not quite sure I know what you mean and I'm not sure you do either.\n\nWhat rhymes with China? V...ina?— \u303deidas \u303dighty In The \u303ditten \ud83d\udcaf\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08#Pride\ud83d\udda4#BLM (@\u303deidas \u303dighty In The \u303ditten \ud83d\udcaf\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08#Pride\ud83d\udda4#BLM) 1623522503
Insurrectionist.pic.twitter.com/AqUcqq6YCU— Mark James (@Mark James) 1623517412
LOLpic.twitter.com/eQ59kh7RqT— Devin Cow's Brown Cousin (@Devin Cow's Brown Cousin) 1623518966
