Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried compared DeSantis to a 'dictator' and said his actions mirror Hitler's during his rise to power

Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried compared Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to a "dictator" and doubled down on an assertion that DeSantis' actions were comparable to Hitler's.

"What I said, very clearly, was that a lot of the actions that Ron DeSantis has been taking mirror some of the actions that were taken by Hitler on his rise to power," Fried said in a television interview with WPTV, a local station in West Palm Beach, Florida.

She was also asked about previous statements she made comparing DeSantis' policies to Hitler's, including the...