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| The rhetoric espoused by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reminiscent of Adolf Hitler, actor Sophia Bush has said. | The rhetoric espoused by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reminiscent of Adolf Hitler, actor Sophia Bush has said. |
| Bush, a supporter of Hillary Clinton, said the US presidential race may not be a fight on the ground, but is nonetheless a moment in history in which “either this incredibly cruel and violent rhetoric wins, or the good side wins.” | Bush, a supporter of Hillary Clinton, said the US presidential race may not be a fight on the ground, but is nonetheless a moment in history in which “either this incredibly cruel and violent rhetoric wins, or the good side wins.” |
| “I think about what it must have felt like to be alive and watch as world war two was unfolding,” Bush said in an interview for the Guardian’s Politics for Humans podcast. | “I think about what it must have felt like to be alive and watch as world war two was unfolding,” Bush said in an interview for the Guardian’s Politics for Humans podcast. |
| “I imagine my grandmother being in New York and hearing about what was happening in Europe and what kind of insane rhetoric Hitler was spouting, and I think that we are witnessing something similar right now.” | “I imagine my grandmother being in New York and hearing about what was happening in Europe and what kind of insane rhetoric Hitler was spouting, and I think that we are witnessing something similar right now.” |
| Bush, who stars on NBC’s police drama Chicago PD, has long been active in politics. The 34-year-old campaigned for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, and has also hit the trail for Clinton this cycle. | Bush, who stars on NBC’s police drama Chicago PD, has long been active in politics. The 34-year-old campaigned for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, and has also hit the trail for Clinton this cycle. |
| In the podcast episode, which examines the millennial vote in 2016, Bush said Clinton was “the most experienced candidate to ever run”. | In the podcast episode, which examines the millennial vote in 2016, Bush said Clinton was “the most experienced candidate to ever run”. |
| Asked why the Democratic presidential nominee has struggled among young voters, Bush said much of the perceptions of Clinton and her trustworthiness were based on two decades worth of attacks from her opponents. | Asked why the Democratic presidential nominee has struggled among young voters, Bush said much of the perceptions of Clinton and her trustworthiness were based on two decades worth of attacks from her opponents. |
| “I’m not saying I think she’s perfect,” Bush said, “but why do you believe that [she isn’t honest]?” | “I’m not saying I think she’s perfect,” Bush said, “but why do you believe that [she isn’t honest]?” |
| “Because of Donald Trump’s theory that if you repeat a lie three times people start to believe it so just keep on repeating it?” | “Because of Donald Trump’s theory that if you repeat a lie three times people start to believe it so just keep on repeating it?” |
| Clinton’s campaign has ramped up its efforts to court millennial voters, who make up 31% of the American electorate. Although they favor Clinton over Trump, recent polling found that a third of voters under the age of 30 are currently backing third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. | Clinton’s campaign has ramped up its efforts to court millennial voters, who make up 31% of the American electorate. Although they favor Clinton over Trump, recent polling found that a third of voters under the age of 30 are currently backing third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. |
| Jon Favreau, Obama’s former speechwriter, also appeared on the Politics for Humans podcast and said a challenge for Clinton was that most young voters did not remember her husband Bill Clinton’s tenure in the White House. | Jon Favreau, Obama’s former speechwriter, also appeared on the Politics for Humans podcast and said a challenge for Clinton was that most young voters did not remember her husband Bill Clinton’s tenure in the White House. |
| “Their first impression of Hillary Clinton is someone who has been in Washington a long time, and at the beginning of the campaign she had some of that politician speak,” Favreau said. | “Their first impression of Hillary Clinton is someone who has been in Washington a long time, and at the beginning of the campaign she had some of that politician speak,” Favreau said. |
| He added, however, that Clinton had grown through the course of the campaign and “the way she speaks now is a lot more relatable, down to earth and matter of fact.” | He added, however, that Clinton had grown through the course of the campaign and “the way she speaks now is a lot more relatable, down to earth and matter of fact.” |
| Favreau also said he was concerned that young people might not turn out in sufficient numbers, either because they supported Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary or did not feel as though their vote mattered. | Favreau also said he was concerned that young people might not turn out in sufficient numbers, either because they supported Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary or did not feel as though their vote mattered. |
| “That’s just crazy to me,” he said. “I think every single thing that young people care about … is at stake at this election in a way that it’s never been before.” | “That’s just crazy to me,” he said. “I think every single thing that young people care about … is at stake at this election in a way that it’s never been before.” |
| “Donald Trump’s values and what he believes in and what he said is antithetical to everything that the most diverse generation of voters in history believe.” | “Donald Trump’s values and what he believes in and what he said is antithetical to everything that the most diverse generation of voters in history believe.” |