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MSNBC Guest Compares Birth Control Fight To 1930s Germany

MSNBC Guest Compares Birth Control Fight To 1930s Germany

First they came for the people who don’t like contraceptives….

Look out America because government overreach is back and the evergreen comparison to the rise of National Socialism still stands.  At least, that’s the view of author and Rick Santorum supporter Eric Metaxas.  

With the government’s recent push to have birth control covered under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, right wing pushback has gone in to overdrive.  As anyone familiar with online forums will know, these arguments always follow a form of “Godwin’s Law” and it seems Metaxas has been the first to push the argument over the edge.

Check out footage of Metaxas on Jansing and Co. this morning:

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Michael Lester

Originally from Scotland, Michael was a freelance video editor before joining TPM in the summer of 2011. He lives in New York with his wife and two cats and is a lifelong fan of The World Famous Dundee United.

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