"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."
"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."
A CNN segment featured a debate over whether inflammatory labels drive political violence. A conservative guest cited the assassination of a friend and attacks on ICE facilities to argue that political leaders who demonize ICE and call agents authoritarian encourage violence. The host questioned whether using words like 'fascist,' 'Nazi,' 'communist,' or 'authoritarian' directly causes violence or whether concern arises only when opponents use them. The host played clips of the former president labeling opponents as Marxists and fascists. The conservative guest maintained that demonizing law enforcement creates a correlation with attacks on ICE agents.
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