Harris Warns Of ‘Fascist’ Threat If Trump Is Returned To The White House | EUROtoday

In her strongest warning so far about Donald Trump’s autocratic tendencies, Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday quoted his personal prime navy adviser’s evaluation of him as “fascist to the core” in a speech inviting Republicans to hitch her presidential marketing campaign.

“His national security adviser, two defense secretaries, his former chief of staff, his own vice president, all have warned America: Donald Trump is unfit to serve,” Harris stated. “Or listen to General Milley, Donald Trump’s top general. He has called Trump, and I quote, ‘fascist to the core,’ and said, quote, ‘no one has ever been as dangerous to this country.’”

Mark Milley, who in 2018 was chosen by the then-president and the present GOP nominee because the chairman of the joint chiefs of employees, made the remarks to Bob Woodward, who included them in his forthcoming ebook, “War.”

Harris was joined on stage by former Republican members of Congress — together with Jim Greenwood of Pennsylvania, David Trott of Illinois and Barbara Comstock of Virginia. And she cited the assist of former aides to Republican presidents and nominees stretching from Ronald Reagan to each George Bushes to John McCain and even Trump himself.

Harris delivered the speech in Washington’s Crossing, a village in one of many suburban “collar” counties of Philadelphia the place college-educated Republicans who can’t abide Trump might present Harris a successful margin in a vital swing state.

It was the second time in as many days that Harris cited or agreed with the notion that Trump’s actions and views amounted to fascism, the autocratic model of rule related to murderous twentieth century dictators like Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler.

On Monday, radio host Charlamagne tha God described what he noticed as the choice Americans confronted in the event that they rejected Harris. “The other is about fascism,” he stated. “Why can’t we just say it?”

She responded: “Yes, we can say that.”

Harris’ express overtures to Republicans mirror her marketing campaign’s view that there are sizeable numbers of mainline GOP voters who’ve been repulsed by Trump over the past 9 years, and notably following his Jan. 6, 2021, coup try.

As greater than a dozen former Republican elected officers and White House aides stood on stage, an area couple launched Harris, saying that though that they had beforehand supported Trump, she’d gained their vote this yr.

“Jan. 6 was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me,” stated Bob Lange, who stated his spouse, Kristina, was “ahead of the curve” as a result of she solely voted for Trump as soon as, fairly than twice like he did.

Harris spoke intimately about Trump’s actions main as much as and on Jan. 6, together with a component that has obtained little consideration: what would have occurred if Trump had had a extra pliant vp and his coup had succeeded.

“He sent a mob, an armed mob, to the United States Capitol, where they violently assaulted police officers, law enforcement officials, and threatened the life of his own vice president, and he refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power,” Harris stated. “Were it not for the courage and patriotism of Vice President [Mike] Pence that day, Donald Trump might have actually succeeded in overturning the will of the American people.”

She then tied Trump’s actions within the last days of his time period to his new declare that Americans who oppose him represent an “enemy from within” and his menace to deploy the U.S. navy towards them.

“Let that sink in — use of the American military to go after American citizens? And we know who he would target first, because he has targeted them and attacked them before: Journalists whose stories he doesn’t like. Nonpartisan election officials, who refuse to cheat by finding extra votes for him. Judges who insist on following the law instead of following him,” she stated. “It is clear Donald Trump is increasingly unstable and unhinged. And he is seeking unchecked power.”

Harris once more promised to incorporate a Republican in her cupboard and govern in a extra “practical” and bipartisan method. She closed by quoting Ronald Reagan — the person who, earlier than Trump’s election, had been revered as probably the most influential chief of the trendy Republican Party — and Reagan’s personal quote of Puritan chief John Winthrop.

“Imperfect though we may be, America is still that shining city upon a hill that inspires people around the world, and I do believe it is my highest forms of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country,” Harris stated.