Bill Weld compares Donald Trump’s America to ‘1984’

Published November 1, 2016 12:52pm ET



Libertarian running mate Bill Weld said the “hatred” that Donald Trump is generating is reminiscent of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.

Weld appeared on MSNBC’s Tuesday to warn against slavish and unquestioning devotion to political leaders, and read a few sentences from the novel, where brainwashed party members conduct a “two minutes hate,” a frenzied expression of irrational rage against alleged enemies of the state.

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