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(66,418 posts) Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:09 AM Saturday

CNN Host Rolls Tape Of Trump Using The Same Exact Words Conservatives Claim Lead To Violence

Source: HuffPost

CNN Host Rolls Tape Of Trump Using The Same Exact Words Conservatives Claim Lead To Violence

“We have short memories around here,” Abby Phillip pointedly told her Republican guest.

By Elyse Wanshel
Sep 26, 2025, 03:50 PM EDT

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But the folks over at CNN’s “NewsNight” have been paying attention.

On Wednesday’s episode, conservative guest Ben Ferguson complained that the left’s usage of words like “fascists” and “Nazis” to describe Trump, his administration and base was leading to violence against the right — and host Abby Phillip had a pretty satisfying retort to this brand of hypocrisy.

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In response, Phillip had her team roll a tape of several instances in which Trump described Democrats such as former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris as “communists,” “Marxists” and “fascists.”

“We have short memories around here,” Phillip said once the clip ended.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-host-trump-violence-words_n_68d6bf2de4b0185d0068b807

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Two points Uncle Joe Saturday #1

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1. Two points

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Sat Sep 27, 2025, 12:57 PM

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1. Any mature, responsible conscientious person; particularly those in power should watch their language so as not to enflame violence.

2. You can't go so far with point 1. that it prevents you from calling a wolf a wolf even if the people don't always believe you when you do sound the alarm.

There are clear definitions or guideposts of what fascism is and chief among them is eliminating freedom of speech.

Thanks for the thread Eugene

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