{"id":1217797,"date":"2022-01-15T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217797"},"modified":"2022-01-15T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:20:19","slug":"listen-fl-democrat-gubernatorial-hopeful-nikki-fried-likens-ron-desantis-to-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-fl-democrat-gubernatorial-hopeful-nikki-fried-likens-ron-desantis-to-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: FL Democrat Gubernatorial Hopeful Nikki Fried Likens Ron DeSantis to Hitler"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flisten-fl-democrat-gubernatorial-hopeful-nikki-fried-likens-ron-desantis-to-hitler%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/10-29-19-Florida-agriculture-commissioner-Nikki-Fried-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat candidate for governor in the Sunshine State, compared her potential general election opponent Gov. Ron DeSantis to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an interview that aired on Florida Public Radio\u2019s \u201cThe Florida Roundup\u201d on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Host Melissa Ross asked Fried if she regretted her past comparisons, to which Fried said she did not and doubled down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNot at all,\u201d she replied. \u201cGrowing up in Miami, and having neighbors that were Cubans, hearing stories of so many of our Floridians who have left dictatorships, and socialism, and communist countries, and coming here to the state of Florida for capitalism, for open opportunities to succeed. He is doing everything possible to take away power from local governments, taking away people\u2019s ability to protest, making it harder to vote, talking about, you know, banning books. That\u2019s what dictators do. Instead of listening and trying to govern with the people, he is trying to govern over the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I\u2019m sorry \u2014 I\u2019m a student of history too,\u201d Fried continued. \u201cI saw the rise of Hitler. I\u2019ve learned of those stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fried was interrupted by the host and asked if she was comparing DeSantis to Hitler.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn a lot of ways, yes,\u201d she replied. \u201cI have studied Hitler and how he got to power, you know, wanting his own militia and having his own militia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross noted other states had militias, but Fried said those states had different motivations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why this governor wants it is different than the other states that have been utilizing it for emergency purposes,\u201d she said. \u201cThis governor is doing it for the sole purpose of the power and doing so to make fear and instill that and blame people for what is happening in their lives, blaming certain parts of our society and our culture. And that\u2019s exactly what Hitler did to the Jews back, you know, during World War II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[D]o I think that we\u2019re going to get to this extent of Hitler\u2019s power, of course not, but the rise of his power and what he did to scapegoat certain parts in especially the Jewish community in Germany and how he utilized taking going after the media, going after and scapegoating people and blaming people and putting fear and then taking over the military \u2014 that\u2019s what this governor is doing,\u201d Fried added. \u201cAnd especially going back to, you know, all of my friends from the Latin American countries who left here for freedom \u2014 that\u2019s not what this governor is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BonillaJL\/status\/1482187292408229891\">MRC\u2019s Jorge Bonilla<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Jeff Poor on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jeff_poor\">@jeff_poor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat candidate for governor in the Sunshine State, compared her potential general election opponent Gov. 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