Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reacts to the assassination of Charlie Kirk in an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt and said it seems like, for President Donald Trump, violence is only okay when he asks for it. “It seems like violence is okay if it is only because the man that is currently serving in the White House asked for it,” Crockett said. “Even when we look at ice officers and what they are doing to those that are accused of violating our law, that is what they think violence is okay for. But then when it ends up happening and it comes back on the other side, they claim that it’s because of the Democrats and them using words like fascist.”

KASIE HUNT, CNN HOST: So I, I’d like to ask you to respond to critics who have pointed the finger at Democrats who have used phrases like fascist or Hitler made comparisons to those things over time. Do you think that that’s contributed to this or are those critics wrong? REP. JASMINE CROCKETT (D-TX): They’re absolutely wrong. Here’s the reality. They don’t want American people to know any forms of history. We know that there was news out today about the president going after yet more historical information. The reality is that when we look at what is taking place, when you look at an authoritarian and what they do is they try to basically say you have to do whatever the government says, even if that means that your personal freedoms are going to be subjected to whatever we say, whether it’s right or wrong. Right now our personal freedoms are constantly under attack. Your first question was specifically about our First Amendment rights right now. It is about doing whatever the man who currently occupies the White House wants done. There should not be anyone that faces consequences because they actually know history and they are trying to prevent even more disaster and harm from coming to the American people. What crosses the line is when you say things, especially on air, like yes, euthanize homeless people. That is a problem or when you’re having a rally and you start talking about beating up people and causing physical harm or when you joke about what happened to Mr. Pelosi when he was attacked or when you decide that there are over 1500 people that were charged and convicted, whether it was in a trial or they signed plea agreements after beating law enforcement and tearing apart our Capitol and you decide to let them go free. It seems like violence is okay if it is only because the man that is currently serving in the White House asked for it. Even when we look at ICE officers and what they are doing to those that are accused of violating our law, that is what they think violence is okay for. But then when it ends up happening and it comes back on the other side, they claim that it’s because of the Democrats and them using words like fascist.

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