Glaude Jr. References Holocaust Book to Explain Gianforte Election: ‘Banality of Evil’

‘Banality of Evil’: MSNBC Guest References Holocaust Book to Explain Gianforte Election (Mediaite)

Last night, despite having assaulted a Guardian reporter the day before, Republican Greg Gianforte pulled out a victory in Montana’s special election to fill it’s lone House seat. Well, according to Princeton professor Eddie Glaude, Montana voters sending Gianforte to Congress might be somewhat analogous to what occurred during the Holocaust.

During an MSNBC segment this morning, host Stephanie Ruhle wanted to know what this says about our culture considering that Gianforte was able to get elected despite attacking a reporter and flip-flopping on his original statement about the incident during his victory speech. “The opposite of the lessons we teach our children,” she exclaimed.

“Remember the press release, the initial press release was to deny all of the specifics,” said Glaude, referring to Gianforte’s initial comments on the attack. “Then you come back and apologize. So you don’t apologize for lying initially; you apologize for the act.”