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The Hartmann Report

Fear is Their Weapon of Choice

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

News, Congress, America, Thom Hartmann, Climate Change, Democracy, Debate, Economics, The Hartmann Report

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Fox (so-called) News and AM hate radio use fear to control their audiences. Will the "enemy within" once again bring Republican leaders to power in our country?

Plus- Thom reads from "The Edge of Anarchy" by Jack Kelly, and "Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis" by Martha Nussbaum

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This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:47.3

To start out with my daily take today from HartmanReport.com,

0:52.0

why the GOP Fox so-called news and right-wing hate radio use fear as their primary tool,

0:59.0

and they do, by the way, but why do they do this?

1:02.0

Well, it turns out the reason why this is a strategy that has been employed by dictators throughout history.

1:07.6

I mean, literally there's a great book about the Roman Republic, which I read a couple of years ago.

1:14.3

It talks about how both Nero and Caligula created an enemy within that they could hate on,

1:20.8

in order to attain power.

1:22.8

We have Marjorie Taylor Greene, warning America that God is vengeful and we will be punished,

1:28.1

evil will be punished, and you know, warning us about the international Jewish globalists.

1:33.2

I just got an email like 10 minutes ago from the National Republican

1:37.5

Sanitorial Committee, and RSC, the fundraising arm of the GOP to raise money for Republican senators,

1:45.2

claiming that Alvin Bragg is paid for by George Soros, or words to that effect.

1:50.6

A, he wasn't paid for by George Soros. George Soros has never met or talked with Alvin Bragg

1:56.1

and never sent him any money. And B, you know, this is the Republicans again saying it's those

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