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>> well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reaction of americans to refugees, in that case from the nazis, in this case from isis. and the hysteria was similar. these were people in desperate, desperate need, and people wanted to reject them on the grounds that maybe they were in this case terrorists, in that case communists or whatever. in 1940 president roosevelt proposed a bill to admit 20,000 jewish children who might otherwise perish in the -- in europe over quota. it was rejected by the congress after a congressman from miss...

So it was either a comment that was out of ignorance and just needed more information or he's just not well informed. >> congressman nadler, there's been a lot of discussion about how the u.s. reacted to the possibility of accepting jewish refugees, particularly around '38 and '39. you know, there's generally this rule of thumb, it's called godwin's law, that you shouldn't be invoking the nazis to make arguments in present day. is this a fair parallel to draw at this point in time? >> well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reacti...

'38 and '39. you know, there's generally this rule of thumb, it's called godwin's law, that you shouldn't be invoking the nazis to make arguments in present day. is this a fair parallel to draw at this point in time? >> well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reaction of americans to refugees, in that case from the nazis, in this case from isis. and the hysteria was splirm. these were people in desperate, desperate need, and people wanted to reject them on the grounds that maybe they were in this case terrorists, in that case comm...