Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania proves yet again to be the voice of sanity and reason in the Democratic Party, criticizing them in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. He has called on his party to stop calling President Trump "Hitler" and an "autocrat."
On Wednesday, before it was confirmed that Charlie had died from the shot, Fetterman noted to CNN's Manu Raju that just a day before the assassination, people were protesting President Trump and calling him the "Hitler of our time." Senator Fetterman condemned the characterization and said that the Democrats must "turn the temperature down."
"I think you just don’t ever, ever compare anyone to Hitler and those kinds of extreme things," Fetterman said. "Now, look what happened to Charlie Kirk. I mean, you know, the man was shot. Now, we have to turn the temperature down. We can’t compare people to these kinds of figures in history. And this is not an autocrat. This is a product of a democratic election."
"So you don’t think that Trump is at all shattering any of the norms of democracy in any way?" Raju asked the Senator.
"I’m saying he’s definitely different, but that’s what America voted for," Fetterman argued. "Again, I don’t agree with many of these things, but that does not make him an autocrat."
Democrat Senator John Fetterman says people need to stop referring to President Trump as an "autocrat" when it's just not accurate.
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Senator Fetterman assured CNN that despite his criticism of the Democratic Party, and that they have "lost the argument," he will not be changing his party designation anytime soon.
"Right now, I think it’s entirely appropriate to really be honest and just figure out why exactly have we effectively lost two out of the last three cycles and of a lot of things," Fetterman said. "We’ve really kind of lost our connection with American voters in ways. And I think we can‘t just be ‘well, Trump is always wrong’ or that ‘we‘re going to set the country on fire’ or whatever. That‘s just not true either, of course."
"But, you know, when I represent a state like Pennsylvania, that keeps you honest. You always can‘t forget that a lot of Americans happen to disagree with you. That does not mean that they are fascists, or now they want to shred the Constitution," Fetterman continued.
Meanwhile, most Democrats don't practice any level of humility, as they continue to liken twice democratically elected President, Donald Trump, to a dictator. Representative Jasmine Crocket of Texas, and wannabe progressive star, like many Democrats in the wake of Charlie's assassination, defended the name-calling of Republicans and the President. On "The Breakfast Club," saying "Me disagreeing with you, me calling you, you know, ‘wannabe Hitler,’ all those things are like, not necessarily saying, 'Go out and hurt somebody,’ But when you're literally telling people at rallies, 'Yeah, beat them up' and that kind of stuff, you are promoting a culture of violence."