House Speaker Mike Johnson defended his labeling of "No Kings" rallies protesting President Donald Trump as "hate America" rallies, but claimed he was specifically referring to protesters and not Democrats themselves.

Johnson appeared on ABC News ' This Week program and was pressed by co-anchor Jonathan Karl , who pointed out that the House Speaker "said that we should view fellow Americans, not as our enemies, but as our fellow countrymen" following the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk last month.

"I've never called anybody an enemy,” Johnson said, but claimed that "there were a lot of hateful messages" during the nationwide protests on Saturday (October 18).

"I mean, we have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the pr

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