CNN State of the Union host Dana Bash came under assault from the left on Sunday for daring to ask Rep. Jamie Raskin if he would think twice about hot rhetoric against President Trump after a third assassination attempt. “Call To Activism,” with 1.2 million followers on X was furious: “WTF: CNN’s Dana Bash humiliates herself on live TV insinuating to Jamie Raskin that Democrats are to blame for political violence for ‘heated rhetoric’ like saying Trump ‘is terrible for this country.’ Completely delusional and embarrassing.” Bash started without blaming either side: BASH: And then there's the political rhetoric that we have seen just get -- just become kind of off the rails and how that has perhaps gone hand in hand with the political violence that we have seen in this fight. RASKIN: Well, that's why I was so happy that President Trump went to that, because he had called the press the enemy of the people. There have been so many attacks on reporters. You know, there have been lawsuits brought against media entities. And so there's been this terrible assault on the First Amendment and freedom of press and speech. So I thought last night would be a wonderful opportunity to try to reclaim the basic values of the country. This is where Bash was too pushy for the lefties: BASH: You and your fellow Democrats have used some heated rhetoric against the president. Do you think twice about that when something like that happens? RASKIN: What rhetoric do you have in mind? BASH: That he's terrible for this country and so on and so forth pic.twitter.com/J8RHUgIodF — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2026 BASH: Yes. And you have, and as many of your fellow Democrats have used some heated rhetoric against the president. And do you think twice about that when something like this happens? RASKIN: What rhetoric do you have in mind? I... BASH: Well, just talking about some of the fact that he is terrible for this country and so on and so forth. I understand that that's your democratic right. But, overall... RASKIN: Right. BASH: ... do you have a responsibility? That’s a softball. Of course, politicians have a responsibility to speak with some fraction of civility. She couldn't be specific, like what you hear on CNN, that Trump is Hitler, or he's coming unglued. Raskin protested too much. It's not "personal" when I accuse him of authoritarianism: RASKIN: I have no personal problem with Donald Trump at all. I mean, I talk about the policies of this administration, the authoritarianism, like we saw on display in Minneapolis, where two of our citizens were gunned down in the streets simply for exercising their First Amendment rights, Renee Good, Alex Pretti. And others have died in custody. I'm talking about policies. I don't personalize it. And I certainly have never called the press the enemy of the people. I think the press are the people's best friend, and that's why it's written right there into the First Amendment. We need the press to be a vigilant watchdog against every level of government, federal, state, local, all of it. BASH: You're not going to get an argument from me on that. Bash should have come with better examples from Raskin about "fascist assaults on democracy," not just "terrible for the country," which is standard politician fare.