Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) said during an interview over the weekend that the Democratic Party had not asked its members to tone down their extremist rhetoric directed at former President Donald Trump or the Republican Party after Trump was shot on Saturday in an attempted assassination.

Crow made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” when asked by host Margaret Brennan about terms that Democrats have used to attack Trump.

“Democrats have referred to Donald Trump as a sociopath, as a narcissist,” she said, downplaying the true extent of the what Democrats say about Trump — whom they routinely compare to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and claim will destroy American democracy.

“Do you think at this moment, all of that should stop?” she asked.

“I think right now, on the heels of an attempted — what appears to be an attempted assassination attempt by all the evidence that we’re seeing right now, we all need to take a step back, we all need to take a breather,” he said.

When asked whether Democratic leadership had conveyed that message to members, Crow responded: “They have not.”

“We are on that precipice,” he said. “So leadership requires that we all step back. And we say enough is enough. We can’t do this. And this is my call to action, both to the American people, and to my colleagues, to the American people, right now: pick up the phone, walk out your door, go talk to your neighbor, go talk to your colleague, call your friends, who don’t agree with you and tell them, we can disagree. You’re not my enemy. You’re not evil. But this is our time to come together and to reach out to each other and to my colleagues. Let’s stop creating political moments. And let’s start creating political change. That is what we need now.”

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We are “on that precipice” of violence spiraling “out of control,” says Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

In a message to his colleagues, Crow says: “Let’s stop creating political moments and let’s start creating political… pic.twitter.com/aa05rHVfEP

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