Billionaire investor Mark Cuban compared former President Trump's campaign rhetoric to the new season of “The Sopranos” in an interview Friday.
Cuban, who rallied with Vice President Harris earlier in the day, appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. The panelists were discussing President Trump's recent threats to use the military against political opponents.
“It's a new season of The Sopranos,” Cuban said. “It's crazy. I mean, it really is.”
Mr. Scarborough slammed him for suggesting he might deploy the National Guard on Election Day to combat potential disruption from “enemies from within.” Trump said the group includes “radical left-wing lunatics.”
“I think the bigger problem is the people inside,” Trump said at the time. “We have some very bad people. We have sick people and radical left-wing lunatics.”
“And I think it should be dealt with very easily, by the National Guard if necessary, or by the military if it's really necessary, because they can't afford to let that happen,” he added. Ta.
During Friday's panel discussion, Scarborough and host Bill Maher also criticized the Republican presidential candidate for what they call “Trump derangement syndrome.” The former president has also accused Maher of suffering. The men said they were “not crazy” to be afraid of President Trump's comments.
“But when I tell people this, they say, 'He didn't mean that.' When I show them the clip, they say, 'He didn't mean that,'” Scarborough said. spoke.
“Then they say you have Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Maher replied. “And I want to say to my Republican friends: You're not crazy to be afraid of this! You're not crazy to think this is alarming!”
With only weeks left in the campaign, President Trump has become increasingly vocal, even calling his domestic rivals “scum.” His comments about sending the military against political opponents have worried not only Democrats, but also condemned some Republicans who have voted to defend him.
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
