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== Modern Comparisons to Emperor Palpatine ==
== Modern Comparisons to Emperor Palpatine ==
Rush Limbaugh once compared Barack Obama to Emperor Palpatine, even posting comparison speeches between Obama and Palpatine's Declaration of a New Order in Revenge of the Sith.
Some conservatives have noted similarity of [[Justin Trudeau|Justin Trudeau's]] [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] behavior to that of the fictional Palpatine.<ref name="Trudeau Palpatine">[https://notthebee.com/article/trudeau-politicians-who-vote-against-giving-him-war-powers--dont-trust-the-government-to-make-incredibly-momentous-and-important-decisions Trudeau: Politicians who vote against giving him war powers “don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous and important decisions"] at Notthebee.com</ref> While this comparison previously occurred to some extent during Trudeau's invocation of the [[Emergencies Act]], they were intensified by his comments regarding members of the [[Canadian Parliament]] potentially voting against his wishes of continuing the Emergencies Act when he said, {{cquote|I can't imagine that anyone who votes "no" tonight is doing anything other than indicating that they don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous, and important, decisions
Some conservatives have noted similarity of [[Justin Trudeau|Justin Trudeau's]] [[authoritarianism|authoritarian]] behavior to that of the fictional Palpatine.<ref name="Trudeau Palpatine">[https://notthebee.com/article/trudeau-politicians-who-vote-against-giving-him-war-powers--dont-trust-the-government-to-make-incredibly-momentous-and-important-decisions Trudeau: Politicians who vote against giving him war powers “don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous and important decisions"] at Notthebee.com</ref> While this comparison previously occurred to some extent during Trudeau's invocation of the [[Emergencies Act]], they were intensified by his comments regarding members of the [[Canadian Parliament]] potentially voting against his wishes of continuing the Emergencies Act when he said, {{cquote|I can't imagine that anyone who votes "no" tonight is doing anything other than indicating that they don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous, and important, decisions