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California celebs, politicians should tone down the Trump hate

Sentence by sentence. Insult by insult. Schtick by schtick.

That’s how political climates are built.

And people in California with large platforms –– including the governor, other politicians, celebrities, and “comedians” –– need to tone it down, in the wake of the latest assassination attempt against President Trump.

While we don’t blame speech for the violent acts of deranged individuals, leftist language in California (and beyond) does create a climate in which such acts become more likely.

Members of this Trump-hating crew in California –– in Hollywood and in politics –– might be competing to out-extreme one another.

They blast, they smirk, they “joke,” they denigrate the president in terms that would make a demon blush.

They call him fascist and Nazi and worse, comparing him with a regime that killed 6 million Jews in a genocide, and didn’t stop there.

Some rhapsodize about his prospective death.

It’s all absurd, over the top, ghoulish, and dangerous.

Jimmy Kimmel, a Los Angeles talk show host, last week “joked” –– in the run-up to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner –– that the gorgeous Melania Trump had the glow “of an expectant widow.”

The first lady rightly excoriated Kimmel for his remarks.

On Monday, after a shooter targeting Trump and his team disrupted that same dinner,........

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