Vice President Harris agreed Wednesday that she believes former President Trump is a “fascist” but again avoided using the word to directly label political opponents.
During a CNN town hall, Anderson Cooper asked Harris, “Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?”, noting that she didn't explicitly use the word to describe Trump.
“Yes, I do. Yes, I do,” Harris replied.
Harris then discussed how pro-Israel she is and what she would say to voters considering supporting a third-party candidate because of the Biden administration's handling of the Gaza war. asked about. In her response, she did not explicitly call President Trump a fascist, but she did note that he is a fascist.
“Many people who care about this issue also care about lowering food prices, and they also care about our democracy and the fact that we don't have a U.S. president who praises dictators and fascists. ,” she said.
During a conversation about the Middle East, Cooper asked Harris if she believed Trump was an anti-Semite. She disagreed, instead calling him a “danger” and “a danger to the welfare and safety of America.”
In her response, Harris continued to point out that prominent Republican officials and those who served in the Trump administration have publicly expressed support for her candidacy.
Trump has endorsed his candidacy, including Vice President Dick Cheney and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), as well as more than 400 former Republican administration officials. This suggests that this is due to concerns about the president's return to the White House.
“The reason is a legitimate fear that he will not live up to his oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States,” she said of President Trump.
Former chief of staff John Kelly said Trump “definitely fits the standard definition of a fascist.” New York Times New Interviewwhich sparked a debate this week about whether Trump should be labeled as such.
Harris said in a CNN town hall that Americans should question why Kelly made such comments in an interview two weeks before Election Day, suggesting it was an emergency appeal.
“What you have to think about is why someone who served with him, who is not a politician, is speaking to the American people now,” Harris said. “He's just making a 9-1-1 call to the American people. Understand what will happen if Donald Trump returns to the White House.”
Harris spoke early Wednesday in response to recent remarks by Kelly, in which she claimed Trump wants more instability and unchecked power. She labeled Trump a fascist, quoting a retired general.
President Trump responded to Kelly in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday night, calling him a “scumbag” and a “total degenerate.”
Harris also agreed last week when radio host Charlamagne the God called Trump's vision one of “fascism,” and Harris agreed.
