{"id":2492567,"date":"2025-09-29T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-violence-inevitable\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T20:20:21","slug":"newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-violence-inevitable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-violence-inevitable\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Escalates Rhetoric That Makes Violence Inevitable"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fnewsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-violence-inevitable%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=2492567&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dei-disaster-petition-circulating-within-secret-service-community-warns-of-potential-insider-threats\/\" title=\"DEI Crisis: Secret Service Petition Raises Concerns About &#039;Insider Threats\">article discusses concerns<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >escalating politically charged rhetoric<\/a> by California Governor Gavin Newsom and others on the left, notably labeling conservatives such as Stephen miller and Donald Trump as &#8220;fascists.&#8221; The author argues that this kind of language, especially coming from influential figures, dangerously normalizes demonization and could incite political violence. The piece references the recent murder of Charlie Kirk, portrayed as a tragic outcome of leftist rhetoric equating conservatives with fascists or Nazis. While some, including Democrat Senator John Fetterman, publicly warn against extreme and inflammatory language, the article contends that the left continues to amplify it, effectively encouraging a &#8220;capitulate or be attacked&#8221; mentality. The author calls for an end to this divisive strategy before it results in further violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9XJ6rQDRKGA\">This is Gavin Newsom\/ Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/29\/gavin-newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-political-violence-inevitable\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Gavin%20Newsom%20Escalates%20Rhetoric%20That%20Makes%20Political%20Violence%20Inevitable&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/29\/gavin-newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-political-violence-inevitable\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Gavin%20Newsom%20Escalates%20Rhetoric%20That%20Makes%20Political%20Violence%20Inevitable&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/29\/gavin-newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-political-violence-inevitable\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/29\/gavin-newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-political-violence-inevitable\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Gavin%20Newsom%20Escalates%20Rhetoric%20That%20Makes%20Political%20Violence%20Inevitable&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/29\/gavin-newsom-escalates-rhetoric-that-makes-political-violence-inevitable\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Charlie Kirk was murdered less than three weeks ago by a deranged leftist who inscribed anti-fascist slogans on bullet casings. Kirk&rsquo;s murder should have been a wake-up call that inflammatory rhetoric smearing conservatives as &ldquo;fascists&rdquo; or &ldquo;Nazis&rdquo; or &ldquo;Hitler&rdquo; has deadly consequences. Instead, it&rsquo;s only emboldened the left to increase such rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is that more apparent than California Gov. Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s official press account, which spent the weekend calling White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller a &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; and demanding Miller kowtow to the left if he wants to stop being slandered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1343000042\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!&rdquo; the account posted on X on Sept. 26. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"SgwfjQqkO16RZM5FTeisu8\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1971779645617090967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1972146161202221374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">team<\/a> doubled down on the rhetoric, saying they are &ldquo;calling out [Trump] and his authoritarian stooges for being fascists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Textbook definition,&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1972026870234599782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">team posted<\/a> with a graphic they made claiming to prove Trump  and Miller are &ldquo;fascists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;DING DONGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE: IF YOU DON&rsquo;T WANT US TO CALL YOU A FASCIST THEN STOP DOING FASCIST THINGS,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1972011690536599971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separate post<\/a> read. <\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t random name-calling. It&rsquo;s an assassination prep campaign. The left &mdash; and in particular, the office of the governor of one of the largest states in America &mdash; is demonizing and vilifying conservatives as fascists in order to desensitize Americans to political violence. <\/p>\n<p>Such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-pushes-same-rhetoric-that-got-charlie-kirk-assassinated\/\" title=\"Harris Pushes Same ... That Got Charlie Kirk Assassinated\">language implicitly justifies resistance<\/a> by any means necessary, since no free person wants to live under a fascist dictatorship. The logic goes: If Trump and his administration are legitimate fascists &mdash; the same people who slaughtered and oppressed millions during WWII &mdash; then violence against them is not merely permissible, it&rsquo;s actually noble. The left preys on these historical associations, knowing that when people hear &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; or &ldquo;Nazi,&rdquo; they think of enemies who rightly had to be defeated. By blurring that line, the left conditions its audience to see violence against today&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;fascists&rdquo; as not only acceptable but necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Even Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1972331631622185255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Fetterman<\/a> has the clarity to see the danger of such rhetoric, posting on X: &ldquo;Unchecked extreme rhetoric, like labels as Hitler or fascist, will foment more extreme outcomes. Political violence is always wrong &mdash; no exceptions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman is right, but his party isn&rsquo;t listening. Kirk&rsquo;s murder didn&rsquo;t usher in a new era of good feelings. If anything, leftists have taken it as an opportunity to escalate their rhetoric to condition their base to believe that Republicans are enemies of humanity who must be destroyed by any means necessary &mdash; unless, as stated by Newsom&rsquo;s press office, Republicans lay down and roll over. The message of the left is capitulate or be killed. To the left, there is no longer room for disagreement: Either live under our terms or expect violence.<\/p>\n<p>This depraved strategy must end before another life does. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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