GOP congressional leaders slam Harris for calling Trump a fascist

The 2 apical Republican leaders successful Congress criticized Vice President Kamala Harris connected Friday for saying she believes that erstwhile President Trump is simply a fascist.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican person Mitch McConnell accused Harris of raising the “threat environment” against Trump, who has faced 2 assassination attempts successful caller months, by making the complaint astatine a CNN municipality hall.

“Labeling a governmental hostile arsenic a ‘fascist,’ risks inviting yet different would-be assassin to effort robbing voters of their prime earlier Election Day,” Johnson and McConnell said successful a associated statement. “[Harris] indispensable wantonness the basal and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers some American lives and institutions.”

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Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN municipality hallway connected Wednesday. (Getty)

The 2 lawmakers said they person been briefed connected ongoing threats to Trump and called connected Harris to instrumentality the threats seriously, particularly aft the shooting that wounded Trump astatine a rally successful July and a aboriginal apparent botched assassination try astatine his Florida play club.

“Stop escalating the menace environment, and assistance guarantee President Trump has the indispensable resources to beryllium protected from those threats,” they said.

The 2 did not code Trump’s ain harsh comments aimed astatine Harris and different critics. At caller rallies, Trump has derided Harris arsenic a “Marxist” and a “fascist.”

The erstwhile president precocious attacked alleged “enemies within” similar California Rep. Adam Schiff and erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He threatened to acceptable the subject against home protestors, a determination that would beryllium illegal.

Harris made the remark astir Trump connected CNN Wednesday erstwhile asked astir recorded remarks from erstwhile White House Chief of Staff John Kelly successful which helium said his ex-boss “fits the explanation of a fascist.”

When asked if she believed Trump is simply a fascist, Harris replied twice, “Yes, I do.” Later, she brought it up herself, saying Trump would, if elected again, beryllium “a president who admires dictators and is simply a fascist.”

Ironically, McConnell has precocious been successful the spotlight himself for privately making scathing attacks connected Trump.

The venerable Senate GOP person derided Trump as “stupid arsenic good arsenic being ill-tempered,” and a “despicable quality being” successful the weeks aft the Jan. 6 onslaught connected the Capitol.