Co-host Joy Behar went on a rant on “The View,” misrepresenting former President Donald Trump's statements and panicking viewers into voting for her opponent.
“I think it’s completely accurate to say he’s a fascist, so it fits the definition.
behar repeated It is widely believed that President Trump has said that if he is re-elected and becomes president, he intends to use the military to attack his political opponents.
“Second, let's talk about fascism, because that came up as well,” Behar said.
“Here's the definition. It's defined as a political movement that embraces far-right nationalism and the armed repression of any opposition, all overseen by an authoritarian government. That definition has Trump next to it in the dictionary. It has a picture of it,” she said, eliciting a light laugh from the audience.
“So he wants to send the military to attack the liberals if he gets on board, which is basically… and the king of fascism is Mussolini, who speaks more English than he does. “I was good at it,” she continued. “So I think it's completely accurate to say he's a fascist. I mean, it fits the definition. He wants to send in troops to attack the enemy. I mean, what more? Do you need to ask?”
Behar was likely referring to comments President Trump made during an interview with Fox News. But President Trump made the remarks while responding to a question about the possibility of a riot at the U.S. Capitol by protesters on Election Day.
President Trump responded, “I think the bigger problem is the enemy at home. Not even the people who invaded and destroyed our country.”
“I don't think we have a problem in terms of voting day. I think the bigger problem is the people inside. We have very bad people and we have sick people and radical left-wing lunatics,” he said. said. continuation. “And that should be pretty easy to handle if you want to [the] Because the National Guard, or the military if we really need it, can't afford to do that. ”
This false report was repeated by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier. Baier corrected Harris, but she still sustained Because of her mistake.
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