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Monday, October 13, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Former Dem. congresswoman taught about fascism through anti-Trump memes, whistleblower says - Campus Reform

Professor Lynn Rivers is a former congresswoman who has a classroom history of comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Following a request for comment, Rivers projected a Campus Reform editor's picture and his emailed message in class.

A University of Michigan professor has repeatedly portrayed President Donald Trump as a fascist dictator through meme imagery in a political science class, according to a student whistleblower.

The whistleblower revealed that overtly leftist political messaging dominated the classroom.

“The syllabus included political cartoons portraying Donald Trump in overwhelmingly negative ways, such as his mugshot captioned ‘I run the world, I run the country,’ and another showing him riding an elephant labeled ‘fascist,’” the whistleblower told Campus Reform on Tuesday.

Lynn Rivers, the professor, is a former congresswoman who represented Michigan’s 13th Congressional District as a member of the Democratic Party. For the fall 2025 semester, she instructs a course called “Congress and the Presidency: The Battle for Control.”

“Some depictions went even further,” the whistleblower continued, “portraying Trump as a dictator, a fascist, and even comparing him to Hitler, with one image showing military soldiers wearing ‘T’ armbands designed to mirror Nazi imagery.”

Yet another image features a cartoon Trump saying “And I’m not a dictator, but I can do anything I want,” while standing next to a caricature of former President Richard...



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