Harris dodges whether she's more 'pro-Israel' than Trump at CNN town hall, instead invokes Putin, Jan. 6

Vice President Kamala Harris went to large lengths to debar a question astir whether she'd accidental she's much "pro-Israel" than erstwhile President Trump astatine Wednesday's CNN municipality hall. 

"He's casting himself arsenic a protector of Israel. Do you judge you would beryllium much pro-Israel than Donald Trump?" CNN's Anderson Cooper asked. 

What followed was a lengthy three-minute effect to the question, nary of it involving the Jewish State nor the ongoing wars successful the Middle East. 

"I judge that Donald Trump is dangerous," Harris responded. "I judge that erstwhile you person a President of the United States who has said to his generals who worked for him due to the fact that helium is Commander successful Chief. These conversations, I assume, galore of them took spot successful the Oval Office. And if the President of the United States, the Commander successful Chief, is saying to his generals, successful essence, 'Why can't you beryllium much similar Hitler's generals?' Anderson, travel on." 

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Vice President Kamala Harris offered a three-minute effect to whether she is much "pro-Israel" than erstwhile President Trump without adjacent mentioning the connection "Israel" once. (Screenshot/CNN)

Harris past accused Trump of admiring dictators, citing the "love letters" betwixt him and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un and invoked the caller study alleging Trump sent COVID tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin astatine the opening of the pandemic. 

"In the tallness of COVID, erstwhile astir Americans could not get their hands connected a COVID test, Americans were dying by the hundreds a day, helium secretly sent COVID tests to the president of Russia for his idiosyncratic use," Harris said. "So again, this predetermination successful 13 days, is presenting the American radical with a precise important decision. And connected the 1 side, connected this contented of who is going to exemplary what it means to usage the bully pulpit of the President of the United States successful a mode that successful tone, connection and deed, is astir lifting up our discourse, warring against hate, arsenic opposed to fanning the flames of hate, which Donald Trump does consistently."

She continued, "I'm going to archer you, we are an unthinkable country, and we emotion our country. You each wouldn't beryllium present unless we emotion our country. And determination are definite things wherever we've conscionable got to travel unneurotic and recognize that we bash judge successful the value of steadfast statement connected existent issues. But determination are definite standards we've got to have." 

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Harris invoked erstwhile President Trump's "admiration" to North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin aft she was asked astir her enactment for Israel.  (VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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The vice president past rapidly pivoted to Jan. 6, and falsely claimed that constabulary officers were "killed" successful the Capitol Hill riot.

"And you know, different constituent that adjacent John Kelly talked about, I believe, and galore have, is January 6, wherever you person the President of the United States defying the volition of the radical successful a escaped and just predetermination and unleashing a convulsive mob who attacked the United States Capitol. One-hundred forty instrumentality enforcement officers were attacked. Some were killed," Harris said. 

Harris made her mode to discussing Jan. 6 successful comments that were expected to beryllium astir Israel.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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"And truthful I accidental that to accidental the American radical merit to person a president who encourages steadfast debate, works crossed the aisle, [is] not acrophobic of bully ideas, wherever they travel from, but besides maintains definite standards astir however we deliberation astir the relation and the work and surely not comparing oneself, successful a intelligibly admiring way, to Hitler," Harris added.

"We're going to instrumentality a speedy break. We'll person much from the CNN statesmanlike Town Hall with Vice President Kamala Harris," Cooper told viewers without pursuing up connected his question.