Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) cautioned that political rhetoric “needs to come down across the board” in an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper" this week.

Host Jake Tapper showed Fitzpatrick a clip of Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) criticizing the left for calling people on the right “extremists,” “fascists” and “Nazis” during FBI Director Kash Patel’s Tuesday appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Check yourself,” Schmitt said. “And don’t give me this 'both side' bulls‑‑‑.”

“I think the rhetoric needs to come down across the board,” Fitzpatrick said after viewing the clip. “Nobody should be shouting in a committee hearing, nobody should be casting aspersions. This is the time, especially now, where we can draw a direct causal link between this incident and the........

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