Congressman: WWII Treatment of JAs Similar to Trump’s Election Dispute
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WASHINGTON A Republican congressman has compared President Trump’s court battle over the outcome of the presidential election with the wartime plight of Japanese Americans.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana posted on Facebook on Dec. 11, “The internment of 120K American citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II happened. It was real. It was wrong. It was abhorrent. And it was challenged in court as a violation of constitutional rights.
“The Supreme Court of the United States did not stop it.
“Lessons of history. They were 120 thousand. We are 75 million.