Harris Warns Of 'Fascist' Threat If Trump Is Returned To The White House
Huff PostA banner reading "Country Over Party" is seen as US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at Washington Crossing. RYAN COLLERD via Getty Images In her strongest warning to date about Donald Trump’s autocratic tendencies, Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday quoted his own top military adviser’s assessment of him as “fascist to the core” in a speech inviting Republicans to join her presidential 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 said. 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 current GOP nominee as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, made the remarks to Bob Woodward, who included them in his forthcoming book, “War.” Harris was joined on stage by former Republican members of Congress — including Jim Greenwood of Pennsylvania, David Trott of Illinois and Barbara Comstock of Virginia. “Were it not for the courage and patriotism of Vice President Pence that day, Donald Trump might have actually succeeded in overturning the will of the American people.” She then tied Trump’s actions in the final days of his term to his new claim that Americans who oppose him constitute an “enemy from within” and his threat to deploy the U.S. military against them.