Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks before departing from the Vice Presidential Residence in Washington, DC, on October 23, 2024.
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday condemned her reported praise of President Donald Trump. adolf hitler And the Republican presidential candidate said, “I want unchecked power.”
Democratic candidate Harris spoke at her home in Washington, D.C., a day after reports of her recent meeting with President Trump’s former White House chief of staff. john kellyrecounted President Trump’s comments about Nazi leaders during his presidency.
“It is deeply disturbing and extremely dangerous that Donald Trump calls Adolf Hitler responsible for the deaths of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans,” Harris said. said.
“Yesterday, John Kelly, President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff and retired four-star general, admitted that while President Donald Trump was president, he had said he wanted a general like Adolf Hitler.” I realized that,” she said.
“Donald Trump said he doesn’t want a military that’s loyal to the U.S. Constitution; he wants a military that’s loyal to him.”
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at the scene of his first assassination attempt on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Harris’ statement came less than two weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election, which she pointed to when warning about Trump. Millions of Americans have already voted in this contest in states that allow early voting.
“Donald Trump is becoming increasingly agitated and unstable,” Harris said.
“And in a second term, people like John Kerry won’t be there to protect his proclivities and actions. The people who once tried to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses. He’s not going to be there anymore, and he’s not going to be there to suppress him anymore.” ”
“The bottom line is this: We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power,” she said. “The question after 13 days will be what the American people want.”
“Kamala Harris is a huge loser, upset, and increasingly desperate as her campaign is in turmoil. That’s why she… They continue to spread blatant lies and falsehoods.” easily disproved. ”
Chan also said that Harris’ “dangerous statements were the direct cause of multiple assassination attempts against President Trump, and that she continues to fan the flames of violence, all in the name of politics. She is despicable. , her grotesque behavior proves that she is totally unfit to be president.” office. “
Kelly, who served as President Trump’s secretary of homeland security before becoming White House chief of staff, said: new york times Trump meets the definition of a fascist and, if elected to a second term, will rule like a dictator if he does not restrain himself.
“He certainly likes a dictator’s approach to government,” Kelly told the Times.
Kelly also said in an interview for Jim Schutt’s book “Return of the Great Powers” that Trump once told him, “Well, but Hitler did some good things.”
