Overview
- On Wallace’s The Best People podcast, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he has not suggested Donald Trump is Hitler, and Wallace replied she does not think any Democrat has.
- Subsequent coverage listed numerous Democratic examples, including Kamala Harris likening Trump to Hitler, Joe Biden saying Trump used “Hitler’s language,” Hillary Clinton invoking Nazi rally imagery, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett calling Trump a “wannabe Hitler.”
- Recent context includes Pritzker’s Economic Club of Chicago remarks comparing Trump-era immigration enforcement tactics to authoritarian approaches associated with Nazi Germany.
- Critics also noted Wallace’s own 2018 on-air remark referencing crowds cheering for Hitler when discussing Trump’s use of “nationalist.”
- Republican and media figures amplified the contradiction, with Sen. John Kennedy calling Wallace’s denial “stupid” and Bill O’Reilly airing clips of Democrats making the comparisons, while fact-checks labeled Wallace’s claim false or misleading.