Trump Uses Mahatma Gandhi’s Quote Which He Might Not Have Said

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Mahatma Gandhi had ever used these words.PTIUpdated: 01 Mar 2016, 3:35 AM ISTHot NewsiAaAaSmallAaMediumAaLarge

Republican presidential front runner DonaldTrump on Monday posted a quote on Instagram attributing it to Mahatma Gandhi,but the American media said there is no evidence that the Indian

leader hadever used these words.

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A photo posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Feb 29, 2016 at 8:12am PST

The Instagram post included a picture ofhordes of supporters rallying at a Trump campaign stop in Alabama. Soon, theanti-Trump lobby was up in flames on the social media.

record that Gandhi ever used the phrase, which has been widely attributed to him.The Hill, top US political website

The quotation appears to be similar towords used in a 1918 trade union address by socialist leader Nicholas Klein, itsaid. Christian Science Monitor has put thisamong the top 10 political

misquotes.

There was no immediate response from theTrump’s campaign on the issue.

Trump sought to quote Gandhi a day after hewas criticised for re-tweeting Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini early onSunday morning.

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