Left-Wing ADL Bashes Nikki Fried for DeSantis-Hitler Comparison

By Eric Daugherty

Published Jan. 18, 2022, 12:04 p.m. ET | Updated Jan. 3, 2023

Month Day, 2021 Updated 11:39 A.M. ET

TALLAHASSEE (FCV) – After Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried compared Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to Adolf Hitler, the Anti Defamation League of Florida, a left-wing organization, criticized Fried for her remarks.

On Twitter, the @ADL_Florida account said that her comparison to Nazism and the Holocaust are “inappropriate, offensive, and trivialize this unique tragedy in human history:”

While public officials may have disagreements over policies, comparisons to the Holocaust and Nazism are inappropriate, offensive, and trivialize this unique tragedy in human history. https://t.co/NdThu8xyqZ
— ADL Florida (@ADL_Florida) January 16, 2022

Fried made the comparison last week.

DeSantis has been called authoritarian by many left-wing activists and politicians, but conservatives point out that DeSantis governs by promoting freedom while Democrats have authoritarian and intrusive policies like vaccine and mask mandates in blue regions.