Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (D–TX) is under intense scrutiny after publicly defending comments in which she compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, a nationally syndicated radio show.

Her statements come at a particularly sensitive time, following the high-profile assassination of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk in Salt Lake City, Utah—a tragedy that has reignited a fierce national conversation about the role political rhetoric plays in shaping a climate potentially conducive to violence.

Crockett’s Justification for Her Remarks. During the interview, Rep. Crockett acknowledged that her comments were intentionally provocative, but argued they were based on legitimate concerns about the former president’s rhetoric and behavior. She referred to several past incidents involving Trump, including his now-infamous 2016 campaign statement claiming he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot…