'It could be the last election you ever have': Human Rights Foundation chairman compares Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin and urges people to be 'careful who they vote for'
- Human Rights Foundation chair likens Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin
- Garry Kasparov made comparison in a column for the Washington Post
- The 52-year-old accused Trump of using 'propaganda of fear and hatred'
- Kasparov has been chair of the HRC since 2011 and a strong critic of Putin
The chairman of the Human Rights Foundation has accused Donald Trump of using 'brutally effective propaganda of fear and hatred' and compared the Republican nominee to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Garry Kasparov, 53, made the comparison in an essay published by the Washington Post on Sunday.
'Donald Trump’s dark and frightening speech at the Republican National Convention had pundits and historians making comparisons ranging from George Wallace in the 1960s to Benito Mussolini in the 1930s,' the piece began.
Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, has compared Republican nominee Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin
'Instead, I saw an Americanized version of the brutally effective propaganda of fear and hatred that Vladimir Putin blankets Russia with today.
'Trump’s mannerisms and body language - toned down from his usual histrionics - were startlingly similar to the sneering and boastful delivery Russians know all too well after Putin’s 16 years in power.'
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Kasparov, who is also the author of a new book, Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped - said it was clear to him Trump is trying to make people fearful and disgusted with a number of issues, before 'relieving them with a cleansing anger that overwhelms everything else'.
'The demagogic candidate must paint a bleak picture of the status quo, citing every catastrophe and failure before presenting the even darker future ahead if he isn’t granted the power to act, and act now,' the 53-year-old wrote for the Washington Post.
'I saw an Americanized version of the brutally effective propaganda of fear and hatred that Vladimir Putin blankets Russia with today,' Kasparov said of Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention
Garry Kasparov, 53, made the comparison in an essay published by the Washington Post on Sunday
The author closed by saying most concerning similarity he sees between Trump and the Russian President is that the Republican nominee and reality television star is viewed by many as the type of person who is unelectable - just as Putin was.
'In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed to great jubilation, we never would have believed that a former KGB agent would become the president of Russia just nine years later. The moral: Be careful whom you vote for, it could be the last election you ever have,' he wrote for the newspaper.
Kasparov has also used his social media accounts to critique Trump, saying he had 'seen too much of Trump' in one tweet.
'I’ve heard this sort of speech a lot in the last 15 years and trust me, it doesn’t sound any better in Russian,' he wrote during Trump's RNC speech.
'The demagogic candidate must paint a bleak picture of the status quo, citing every catastrophe and failure before presenting the even darker future ahead if he isn’t granted the power to act, and act now,' Kasparov wrote after watching Trump's speech on Thursday
The Russian politician also used social media to criticize Trump and his speech at the Republican National Convention
'I've seen too much of Putin in 16 years and too much of Trump in one,' he said in another post.
'Americans haven't seen a real demagogue up close in a long time. Unfortunately, Russians know too much about the politics of hate and fear,' he tweeted on Sunday morning.
In another message, Kasparov slammed Trump's divisive tactics: 'You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince a majority that they are victims of a minority, and that only you can protect them.'
Kasparov has been chairman of the Human Rights Foundation since 2011.
Kasparov, a chess Grandmaster and one of the world's best players, blasted Trump as a demagogue in one tweet
Prior to that, he played a pivotal role in the establishment of The Other Russian Party, which one of the opposition's to Putin's United Russia Party.
The 53-year-old was also a key signatory for the 'Putin Must Go' movement in 2010, and has been a vocal critic of the Russian Government for many years.
In his younger days, Kasparov was a chess Grandmaster and widely considered one of the best players in history.
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