CNN Host Plays Compilation of Trump Calling Enemies ‘Fascist’ After Guest Complains Name-Calling Leads to Violence
CNN host Abby Phillip played several clips of President Donald Trump calling his political opponents “communists” and “fascists” on Wednesday after conservative guest Ben Ferguson complained that such name-calling was leading to violence.
“After the assassination of my friend Charlie Kirk, and after multiple attacks on ICE facilities, I would hope that leaders in the Democratic Party, and one of those leaders is Gavin Newsom, would know better than to go on TV and say that ICE agents are the bad guys and that they’re authoritarian and then expect that no one’s going to listen to what he’s saying or respond to it,” said Ferguson during a debate on CNN NewsNight.
Phillip responded, “Let me just ask you a question about that, OK? Because I think at the heart of so much of this is your insistence that using certain words leads to violence. Is that what you’re saying?”
“Calling people fascists and Nazis and authoritarian? Yeah,” said Ferguson.
Phillip then played several clips of Trump calling his political opponents, including former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, “communists,” “Marxists,” and “fascists.”
“She’s a Marxist, she’s a fascist,” said Trump in one of the clips.
Phillip questioned, “Are you so committed to this idea that we should just ban certain words from the lexicon? ‘Authoritarian,’ ‘fascist,’ ‘Nazi,’ ‘communist’ — should we just ban them because they’re all leading to violence, or is it just that it’s not OK when your political opponents use them?”
“Abby, I think you’re incredibly smart and I think that you’re smart enough to realize that when you demonize law enforcement to the point where what is happening is becoming regular against ICE agents because it’s coming from people like Gavin Newsom, we should know that there is a correlation there,” replied Ferguson. “It was eight hours earlier! Eight hours.”
Phillip concluded, “To a degree, I take your point about demonization, I think generally, but I’m asking you about your insistence that certain words that are being used by your political opponents should be off limits. If that is your contention, then I think lay that on the table and let’s make that clear and let’s apply it to everybody.”
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom of inciting “violence and terrorism” on Wednesday after Newsom’s controversial remarks about ICE were followed by a shooting at an ICE facility just hours later.
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