MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said Monday she does not believe any Democrat has compared President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler — a claim that stands in contrast to years of documented statements from prominent Democrats and media figures drawing those very comparisons, as reported by Fox News.

During a discussion with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on her podcast “The Best People,” Wallace dismissed the notion that Democratic officials have likened Trump to the Nazi dictator.

The conversation centered on immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, during which Pritzker — who is Jewish — said that he saw echoes of authoritarian behavior in government actions but stopped short of labeling Trump a modern-day Hitler.

“I’m not suggesting, I haven’t suggested Donald Trump is Hitler,” Pritzker said.

“I don’t think any Democrat has,” Wallace replied. “And I actually think it’s a smear that they project back onto critics.”

Wallace went on to reference past comments from Vice President JD Vance, recalling that he once questioned whether Trump could become “America’s Hitler.” She added, “The attacks on Donald Trump as a fascist came from three generals who worked for him.”

Despite Wallace’s assertion, several high-profile Democrats have repeatedly invoked Hitler’s name when discussing Trump. In November 2023, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared Trump to Hitler during an appearance on “The View.”

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Clinton said, “Hitler was duly elected. All of a sudden somebody with those tendencies, dictatorial, authoritarian tendencies, would be like ‘OK we’re gonna shut this down, we’re gonna throw these people in jail.’ Trump is telling us what he intends to do.”

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., has drawn similar parallels for years. In a 2019 interview, Clyburn said, “I can only equate one period of time with what we experience now, and that was what was going on in Germany around 1934.”

Asked directly by Fox News host Neil Cavuto whether he was comparing Trump to Hitler, Clyburn responded, “That’s exactly what I’m saying. I said the 1930s in Germany.”

Other Democrats have used similar rhetoric.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, recently referred to Trump as “Temu Hitler,” while former Rep. Beto O’Rourke compared Trump’s immigration stance to Nazi Germany in both 2019 and 2023, stating that “simply being elected does not make a person any less of a dictator.”

Filmmaker Michael Moore made the comparison in his 2018 documentary Fahrenheit 11/9, overlaying Trump rally audio with historical footage of Hitler addressing a crowd. “You are making a foolish mistake if you do not at least take a look at history and the patterns of history,” Moore said.

Wallace herself has drawn comparisons in the past. Following a 2018 Trump rally in which he described himself as a “nationalist,” she remarked on-air, “I watch enough History Channel to know that they cheered at Hitler, too.”

Fake News MSNBC: “I don’t think any Democrat has called Trump Hitler…”

Here are two minutes straight of Democrat leaders comparing Trump to Hitler and Nazis pic.twitter.com/vQx3K3D1UN

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The record shows that while Wallace attempted to distance Democrats from the comparison during her interview with Pritzker, many in her own party — including top officials and media allies — have long invoked Hitler’s name when criticizing Trump’s leadership.

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