On his Current TV show last night, Cenk Uygur was discussing the group Color of Change and how Bill O’Reilly had referred to groups like it, as fascists. “Alright Bill — you want to play name-calling games?,” said Uygur. “No problem. You are a goddamn Nazi. That’s what you are, OK? You’re going to call us fascists all day long, and we’re not going to respond? Well, those days are over, Nazi.”
No response from the O’Reilly camp, but it’s possible he could say something on his show tonight. The ADL has come down hard on any comparison or usage of the term saying it has no place in political discourse.
It appears Uygur’s making the targeting of other cable news anchors a thing. Last night he also went after CNN host Erin Burnett, “who makes about 2 million dollars a year,” for challenging the Buffett rule. “I’m glad CNN did a fair and balanced report on that,” Uygur said sarcastically. Watch after the jump…