"Over the past few months, during his agency's chaotic crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, the U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino has worn an unusual uniform: a wide-lapel greatcoat with brass buttons and stars along one sleeve. It looks like it was taken right off the shoulders of a Wehrmacht officer in the 1930s. Bovino's choice of garment is more than tough-guy cosplay (German media noted the aesthetic immediately). The coat symbolizes a trend: The Republicans, it seems, have a bit of a Nazi problem."
"By this, I mean that some Republicans are deploying Nazi imagery and rhetoric, and espouse ideas associated with the Nazi Party during its rise to power in the early 1930s. A few recent examples: An ICE lawyer linked to a white-supremacist social-media account that praised Hitler was apparently allowed to return to federal court. Members of the national Young Republicans organization were caught in a group chat laughing about their love for Hitler."
Republican politicians, party-affiliated groups, and some federal agencies have increasingly deployed Nazi imagery, rhetoric, and ideas. A Border Patrol chief wore a Wehrmacht-style greatcoat during crackdowns in Chicago and Minneapolis, signaling militaristic aesthetics. An ICE lawyer linked to a white-supremacist social-media account that praised Hitler reportedly returned to federal court. Members of the national Young Republicans exchanged messages celebrating Hitler, and Vice President J. D. Vance declined to condemn the resulting controversy. The Department of Homeland Security used a neo-Nazi anthem in a recruitment ad, and the Labor Department posted slogans echoing Third Reich phrasing while displaying a giant Trump banner. The trend reflects a normalization of authoritarian symbolism and white-supremacist language.
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