These are leaders in history who used the phrase "the enemy of the people":

Stalin
Hitler
Mao
Chavez
Mugabe
Trump

It was too extreme for the later Soviets. In 1956, Khrushchev retired the term, saying it was just aimed at annihilating those who disagreed with Stalin. https://t.co/CyZi1FmEn2

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 3, 2020