Democrat Rep Tells CNN That Labeling GOP "Fascist" or "Hitler" Doesn't Incite People

Democrat New York Rep. Pat Ryan said Friday on CNN’s “The Arena” that he does not believe labeling Republicans as “fascist,” “Nazi” or “Hitler” contributes to the “overall problem” between the two parties.

Concerns over political violence heightened Wednesday after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was murdered in front of a crowd of students in Utah. While discussing the assassination, CNN’s Kasie Hunt asked Ryan if he thought phrases like “Nazi” or “Hitler” used by people on the left against Republicans “contributes to the problem overall.”

“I actually don’t think it does,” Ryan said. “I think people are trying to grapple with a really unprecedented time in our country where we’re seeing maybe history not fully repeat, but history rhyme at some of the darkest times in our world’s history and struggling in good faith to try to put some intellectual thought into that and find the right language to describe the fact that the constitution I risked my life for 27 months in combat is being tested and pushed.”

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