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Monday, May 14, 2012

Newsweek's Michelle Goldberk compares Ann Romney to Hitler and Stalin





On Sunday morning, Newsweek/Daily Beast senior contributor Michelle Goldberg compared Ann Romney to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin while appearing on MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes Sunday morning.

Goldberg had an issue with Ann Romney's Mother's Day op-ed, in which the wife of the presumptive GOP Presidential nominee referred to the "crown of motherhood."

"You know, yes, motherhood is beautiful," Goldberg said before comparing Mrs. Romney to the twentieth century dictators.

"I found that phrase 'the crown of motherhood' really kind of creepy, not just because of its, like, somewhat you know, I mean, it’s kind of usually really authoritarian societies that give out like The Cross of Motherhood, that give awards for big families. You know, Stalin did it, Hitler did it."

She went on to call it an “insipid, condescending praise.” More