Opposition To Obama's Health Reforms
LaRouche's organization opposed the Obama administration's health care reform proposals. Posters of Obama wearing a Hitler-style mustache were seen at a Larouche movement rally.
As town hall meetings on this issue during the summer of 2009 began to attract very large and angry crowds, the comparison of Obama to Hitler began to show up on many signs and banners. The Atlantic wrote that LaRouche supporters "patented the Obama-is-Nazi theme."
Read more about this topic: Views Of Lyndon LaRouche And The LaRouche Movement
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