Democrats refuse to tone down fascist language after killings: ‘No obligation to sugarcoat’

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Democrats refuse to tone down fascist language after killings: ‘No obligation to sugarcoat’
By Samantha-Jo Roth
September 29, 2025 6:00 am

Democrats are refusing to back away from calling President Donald Trump and his allies “fascist,” as Republicans intensify warnings that the rhetoric is reckless and fuels political violence.

A gunman opened fire last week at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, killing one detainee and injuring two others. Less than two weeks earlier, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, with officials saying the suspect left behind ammunition etched with a reference to fascism.

Democratic lawmakers and leaders, however, have refused to walk away from the label, most typically associated with Nazi Germany, arguing that Trump’s conduct in office leaves them no choice but to call it the way they see it. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, on her recent book tour this week, compared Trump and his allies to “a communist dictatorship” for quashing dissent.

That defiance was echoed last week at a press conference where Democrats denounced what they described as an assault on free expression, held after ABC suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for remarks about Kirk’s assassination.

“Fascism is not on the way. It is here,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said at the event. “The First Amendment is how generations of Americans, from civil rights activists to labor organizers, American workers, LGBTQ+ activists, have fought for progress, and it is our power.”

At the same press conference, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) was asked by a reporter whether Democrats’ rhetoric was partly to blame for political violence. He said candor was essential.

“Donald Trump is trying to destroy our democracy. He is trying to silence free speech. He is acting in a way that is scarily similar to many would-be despots all across history,” Murphy said. “We have no obligation to sugarcoat the gravity of this moment. The only way we save this nation is if the people of this country rise up in peaceful protest, if they mobilize all across America.”

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[mountaineer]

Gavin Newsom and tiny little leftwing "influencer" Brian Krassenstein are calling Stephen Miller a fascist at every turn. I guess they won't be satisfied until he - and everyone else they call fascists - is attacked.

[andy58-in-nh]

For last freaking time: America is not a "democracy", and everyone who is even a millimeter more conservative than a Leftist is not a "fascist".

Fighting words (fascistnazisexistracisthomophobetransphobebigot) are allowable as free speech, but they come with a price.

As a person of Judeo-Christian faith, you commit to loving even your enemy.

That does not mean you must always refrain from punching them in the mouth when they deserve it.

[txradioguy]

Just proves that the Left WANTS this kind of violence and needs this kind of violence and the rhetoric that goes with it to keep getting elected.

[DefiantMassRINO]

[Smokin Joe]

If the folks on the Right were Fascists, we'd never hear anything about it, and braying asses like those fomenting violence would never be heard from again.

They'd get their 3AM knock and be off to camp.

If only The Lord would strike totalitarians (of any stripe) mute.

[mountaineer]

I credit the public school system for failing to teach what fascism and communism truly are all about.

[240B]

Just proves that the Left WANTS this kind of violence and needs this kind of violence and the rhetoric that goes with it to keep getting elected.

Exactly. It is working exactly like they want it to. Just as they planned.
Dems will not tone down anything. Hey, it's working ...

[verga]

If the folks on the Right were Fascists, we'd never hear anything about it, and braying asses like those fomenting violence would never be heard from again.

They'd get their 3AM knock and be off to camp.

If only The Lord would strike totalitarians (of any stripe) mute.

Or at least give them a limp so everyone will be able to recognize them from a distance.

[mountaineer]

This is why they're calling us fascists:

https://twitter.com/NickJFreitas/status/1972681093464670536

[Cyber Liberty]

Democrats must want a Civil War, because this is how you get one.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The dude is right.  'Fascist' is a dogwhistle that provides moral dispensation for lefties to use violence and to inflict harm or death upon their opponents.

It's no longer enough to call us hate-mongers, bigots, racists, white supremacsists, and <whatever>-phobes.

To throw around 'fascist' and 'Hitler' is to mark their opponents to be assaulted, battered, and murdered.  Of course they will condemn violence after their opponent has been stabbed, shot, or killed just as any duplicitous Marxist revolutionary would do.

The lefties don't want The Man to bring down the heat on themselves or their support networks of NGO's and donors ... aka their foreign influence and terrorist funding networks.

[Smokin Joe]

Democrats must want a Civil War, because this is how you get one.

Well, in the past, once opponents have been dehumanized, the next step, if they get in power, is to eliminate their dehumanized opponents. Useful idiots get eliminated, too, because, well, they aren't useful any more and who needs idiots running around gumming up the works?
Historical precedents exist. Millions died.

This is part of the opening gambit to slaughter.

[mountaineer]

The dude is right.  'Fascist' is a dogwhistle that provides moral dispensation for lefties to use violence and to inflict harm or death upon their opponents.

This is why I go nowhere without my pistola.

[Fishrrman]

As I've posted before here, I don't care if I'm called a "racist".
For that matter, I couldn't care less if you called me a "facist".
Or... anything else.

You won't win against them in the war of words.
Winning will require something more... forceful.

[roamer_1]

It would be lovely if folks would understand the definition of the words they use...

[DB]

It would be lovely if folks would understand the definition of the words they use...

Pretty amazing isn't it...

[roamer_1]

Pretty amazing isn't it...

It drives me nuts. And that's saying something - As a dumb ol redneck who can't talk like the rest of y'all... But I ALWAYS know what I'm saying. And if I don't, I am happy for the correction.

Word MEAN THINGS. 

[DB]

It drives me nuts. And that's saying something - As a dumb ol redneck who can't talk like the rest of y'all... But I ALWAYS know what I'm saying. And if I don't, I am happy for the correction.

Word MEAN THINGS. 

In this case their words are used as weapons to induce violence against those they target. The words are not being used to convey any sort of factual information.

Leftist doing what leftist do. The ends always justify the means.

[Smokin Joe]

In this case their words are used as weapons to induce violence against those they target. The words are not being used to convey any sort of factual information.

Leftist doing what leftist do. The ends always justify the means.

Face it. They're anti-semantic. 

(and they aren't careful about their spelling either)

[txradioguy]

Democrats must want a Civil War, because this is how you get one.

A recent poll showed that 26% of the Dem voters surveyed think that violence to further political goals is justified.


THAT is why you won't see Lib Congress Critters toning down their rhetoric.  They think the angry violent mob...funded by rich white Libs...is their path to victory and complete power.


Antifa and BLM are essentially the armed militia wing of the DNC.

[DB]

A recent poll showed that 26% of the Dem voters surveyed think that violence to further political goals is justified.


THAT is why you won't see Lib Congress Critters toning down their rhetoric.  They think the angry violent mob...funded by rich white Libs...is their path to victory and complete power.


Antifa and BLM are essentially the armed militia wing of the DNC.

As the KKK was a hundred years ago.

[txradioguy]

As the KKK was a hundred years ago.

Exactly

[verga]

As the KKK was a hundred years ago.

And still is in some parts of the country.