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Candace Owens compares Capitol riot to ‘modern Reichstag fire’ and claims it’s Dem strategy to ‘assume all power’

CANDACE Owens has compared the Capitol riot to a "modern Reichstag fire" and claimed it's the Democrat's strategy to "assume all power."

The controversial author was responding to a Twitter user who was slamming Democrats for being "weepy and hysterical" during

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Owens said Democrats are strategizing to 'assume all power'
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Owens said Democrats are strategizing to 'assume all power'Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Owens posted the shocking comparison to Twitter
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Owens posted the shocking comparison to TwitterCredit: Twitter
Owens likened the riot to the Reichstag fire
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Owens likened the riot to the Reichstag fireCredit: Rex Features

"It’s just bad acting," fumed before making the shocking comparison.

"January 6th is the modern Reichstag fire. A political strategy to remove civil liberties and stomp out all dissent so the nazi party can assume all power, unquestioningly.

"Pitiful and obvious to anyone with a thinking brain," she wrote.

The blaze in the German parliament building in 1933 was portrayed by the Nazis as a Communist plot against the government, and they used it to justify curtailing civil liberties, consolidating Adolf Hitler’s grip on Germany.

She compared the event to the Capitol riots
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She compared the event to the Capitol riotsCredit: Reuters
The Reichstag fire was the first crime of Hitler's regime
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The Reichstag fire was the first crime of Hitler's regimeCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Owens has been about this week's impeachment trial.

On Wednesday, shortly after the  to reject arguments by Trump’s lawyers that holding a  of a former president is unconstitutional, she took to Twitter to rip the impeachment.

The staunch Trump supporter said the  was as absurd as President Joe Biden’s decision to keep National Guard troops stationed at the Capitol.

“I don’t know what’s more bizarre,” Owens .

At least five people died follwoing the Capitol riot
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At least five people died follwoing the Capitol riotCredit: AP:Associated Press

“The fact that D.C is still basically under military occupation and Biden’s confirmed plans to keep the national guard here through to March, or the fact that there are still people who believe this has anything to do with January 6th.”

On Sunday, she  that anyone smarter than a fifth grader would realize that the “radical Left is trying to brainwash the world” into likening the Capitol riot with the 9/11 or Pearl Harbor attacks.

Owens added that “every good dictator needs a ‘reason’ and a ‘justification’ for locking up, censoring, and criminalizing all acts of political dissent,” possibly referring to .

“That is why I will #NeverForgetJanuary6th," she . 

Trump has been impeached again following the riot
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Trump has been impeached again following the riotCredit: Reuters
Owens has been outspoken about the decision
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Owens has been outspoken about the decisionCredit: Getty Images - Getty

“Because it’s become a justification for evil against half our country who remain innocent.”

Owens ended her Twitter thread by calling on fellow conservatives to “speak up” during “this important time in our country.”

“For any conservatives who do not have the courage to admit this and are capitulating to the sweeping acts that are being committed against citizens—including President Trump—you will come to regret such spinelessness,” she .

While Owens believes Trump’s trial is not motivated by the  last month, Democratic impeachment managers argue that the former president incited the deadly riot.

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In an 80-page brief laying out their case, Democrats accused Trump of trying to “extend his grip on power by fomenting violence against Congress.” 

However, Trump’s lawyers David Schoen and Bruce Castor argued that there is no legal justification to have an impeachment trial for a president who is no longer in office.

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