quotes by italian fascist leader benito mussolini. >> the famous mussolini quote you read tweeted -- re-tweeted. >> it is ok to know what was mussolini. it is a very good quote. amy: donald trump has walled on accepting support from white supremacist groups like the kkk and has even encouraged hand salutes at his rally that some say are reminiscent of adolf hitler. is he a fascist? could fascism come to america? for more, we are joined by the father of fascism studies, professor robert paxton. he is the author of several books including "the anatomy of fascism." he wrote a piece on the five stages of fascism. welcome to democracy now! prof. paxton: thank you very much. amy: is donald trump a fascist? prof. paxton: i think he shows a rather alarming willingness to

our first look from the house of trump, a name that came up repeatedly this weekend, benito mussolini. >> the republican frontrunner was confronted with questions sunday about retweeting a quote from fascist leader benito mussolini. >> now it reads, quote t is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep. >> trevor: now, to be fair, i don't blame trump for retweeting a quote he didn't know was from the father of fascism who was also nazi germany's greatest ally. i don't blame him for that. i have to say defer i'll advocate here, because that is not an obvious fascist quote. i mean sure, it could be a fascist moto but i'm sure it is also on the wall of every crossfit gym in america, you know? and by the way, personally, i will take living 100 years as a sheep every time. i'm going to go with that. no, i mean it's a really nice life. you are in the field all day, you eat some grass and you really like grass because you're a sheep, are you a sheep, just living your life, one day as a lion. you will just be chasing down and killing things t sounds exhausting and at the end o

amy: that was donald trump defending the retreating of benito mussolini. mychal denzel smith? >> this speaks to the ignorance that donald trump does represent, a man of unremarkable intelligence. he does not know that is a muslim" and does not care. -- mussolini quote and does not care. he does not care about the idea of truth or consistency or anything. it appeals to people. it is winning over an electric come of turning out people who identify with that. it is troubling to me that we have the sort of regression in our politics that donald trump can probably be ignorant and still be the republican front runner. klanthis discussion of the and david duke, it has become run-of-the-mill. but talk about what this group is, the klan and david duke and what they represent. >> the kkk is a terrorist organization. the domestic terrorist organization that has existed in the united states since the end of slavery. they have terrorized like bodies throughout their existence. that was our whole purpose. at the onset of reconstruction them a their formation was to ensure that the rights tha

laughter and applause ] when asked this weekend why he retweeted a quote by fascist dictator benito mussolini, donald trump told reporters, "i want to be associated with interesting quotes." which i gotta say, is a pretty

laughter and applause ] when asked this weekend why he retweeted a quote by fascist dictator benito mussolini, donald trump told reporters, "i want to be associated with interesting quotes." which i gotta say, is a pretty [ laughter ] donald this morning also tweeted a quote that he falsely attributed to mahatma gandhi, and here it is. [ laughter ] >> seth: come on, there's no way. he should know better. [ laughter ] producers have announced the upcoming "star wars" sequel will probably contain gay characters. excuse me for a second. [ sneeze ] c-3po. [ laughter ] that's right, the upcoming "star wars" sequels will probably contain gay characters. said yoda, "experiment in college, i did." [ laughter ] and finally, according to a new study, less than half of young men heard of emergency contraception like the morning after pill. they would have heard of the morning after pill, but they were long gone by then. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] he is the hardest working man in show business. "today show," and "last call," carson

past trump retweeted messages from white supremacists and from world war ii, fascist dictator benito mussolini. and over the weekend hesitated when asked about david duke's endorsement and hate groups generally. >> i know nothing abut david duke or white supremacists. i don't know what group you are talking about. you wouldn't want me to condemn the group i know nothing about. >> i didn't know he endorsed me. david duke endorsed me. okay. all right. i disavow. okay. rivals were quick to pounce. marco rubio called trump's waffling dangerous to the gop. >> how are we going to grow our party with a nominee -- >> john kasich said trump must explain. >> donald trump refused to disassociate himself and condemn white supremacists. every day it is another thing. >> ted cruz took to twitter. >> we should all agree, racism kkk is abhorrent. trump also picked up the endorsement of alabama senator jeff sessions in what can be interpret to a blow to cruz. cruz invoked sessions name in the fight against rubio and comprehensive immigration reform. as for the democrats hillary clinton is carrying serious mome

he criticized trump, invoking the fascist dictators adolf hitler and benito mussolini. and there have been episodes in human history, unfortunately, where these expressions of destroyed and rhetoric have only led to a very ominous situations in the history of humanity. that is how mussolini got in. that is how hitler got in. they took advantage of a situation, a problem, perhaps, which humanity was going throughout the time after an economic crisis. and i think what they go forward ended up at what we know today from history in global conflict -- conflict ration. amy: vermont senator bernie sanders and former secretary of state hillary clinton were both asked about abortion at a fox news in a town hall in detroit, michigan. both candidates strongly defended abortion rights, clinton noted she has supported some "late pregnancy regulation that would have exceptions for the life and health of the mother. in michigan is in the spotlight over the primary, seven families in flint have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing michigan governor rick snyder of gross negligence afte

fascist leader benito mussolini said it first. >> it's okay to know it'ss a very good quote. >> tormenting public figures may seem an odd career choice for a journalist who once worked for the lofty financial times, but a gay man and a brit trying to make it in america, he has felt like an outsider. >> if you're an outsider ther social consequences to that, you know, gawker ran in the early days or that journalists, good journalists of those stories make you unpopular. if you care less about being accept by an establishment then you are more likely to run those stories, more likely to allowuller freedom. >> denton employs 200 people, most working in the manhattan office, where a job as apected to post 1 stories a day, can be grueling. a large central board continually ranks the popularity of stories by the number ofing on. so what's a good story? how many collision do you need? >> any story that gets over aig story for us. >> for the record the hogan sex tape reportedly got eight million views, which made it a huge story.t year, he announced website to focus more on politics. he insists th