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Republican State Sen. Frank Niceley at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville in February 2016.
Republican State Sen. Frank Niceley at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville in February 2016.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
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A Republican state senator in Tennessee invoked Hitler to support his argument in favor of a bill that would criminalize homeless people on public property.

Sen. Frank Niceley argued that homeless people can come out of homeless camps and lead notable lives if the bill is passed.

Hitler decided to live on the streets for a while. For two years, Hitler lived on the streets and practiced his oratory, body language, and how to connect with citizens, and then went on to lead a life that got him in the history books.

All these people can come out of these homeless camps and have a productive life, or in Hitler's case, a very productive life.

—The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) April 14, 2022

Hitler lived in a hostel for homeless people in Vienna from 1910 to 1913. A struggling artist at the time, he later said it was the most sad period of his life.

The Tennessee bill was approved by the Senate on a vote of 22-10) and now goes to the governor. The state made camping on state property a felony in 2020.

The bill allows local law enforcement offices to punish people who are homeless at their own discretion. A citation can be given for the first offense.

The bill could separate homeless individuals from their children, according to News 9.

He is no stranger to controversy. In 2009, he and 3 other Tennessee Republican lawmakers joined a legal effort to try to force President Barack Obama to turn over his birth certificate in order to prove that he was born in the US. Niceley claimed that some of Obama's relatives in Africa said the president was born there. He told E&E News that carbon dioxide, emissions of which are a major driver of climate change, is just as natural as oxygen.

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