THE BROWNSVILLE OBSERVER : 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗'𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬'𝗦 𝗔𝗙𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬

"They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not"

Psalms 115:5, King James Version

Vice President J.D. Vance, in his recent visit to Germany, eschewed a visit with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, instead conferring with rightwing extremist Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD neo-Nazi party.

One of my friends, a member of the MAGA movement with ties to Germany, called, worried about the rise of the Nazi apologist party in Germany, the AfD, suggesting I do some research and write about Elon Musk and J.D. Vance having ties to this group. As we learned in school: "Repetition is the mother of retention."

Well, actually, I've already written two articles I've linked below about Musk and Vance, in their visits to Germany, avoiding contact with the German Chancellor while cavorting with Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD:

1. https://brownsvilleobserver.bloWgspot.com/2025/01/blog-post_211.html

2. https://brownsvilleobserver.blogspot.com/2025/01/blog-post_26.html

Elon Musk was met with roars of applause from the more than 4,000 attendees gathered in the German city of Halle as he appeared on screen at a rally for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party.

"I think you really are the best hope for Germany," Musk told them.

Then, in an apparent reference to the Nazi era, Musk added that there is "frankly too much of a focus on past guilt and we need to move beyond that."

Several of my articles have also dealt with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' efforts to suppress textbooks and teachers from educating students about the 400 years of Black slavery in our country, ignorantly implying that the period was actually "beneficial" to Blacks, giving them skills like "blacksmithing."

Some MAGA adherents also want to whitewash the January 6 insurrection, saying it was not an insurrection at all, just a joyous gathering of patriots carrying weapons, beating police with clubs, deficating on the walls and and setting up gallows to hang VP Mike Pence.

Denying the holocaust, denying Black slavery and denying the January 6 insurrection are necessary steps to embracing Trump's intended role as a fascist dictator.

Surely, my MAGA friends, you've not already forgotten Trump's statement that "Hitler did some good things," his wishing "my generals could be like Hitler's," or his first wife's confession that Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches on his nightstand.

I've gone over all of this with my grandsons, Jack and Felix, but they seemed to already understand. Sanitizing, white-washing history does not prepare the next generation for dealing with threats to our democracy.