Harris doubles down on 'fascist' comments at start of CNN town hall: 'unstable'

Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down successful her examination of erstwhile President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, saying astatine a CNN municipality hallway that she believes Trump is simply a "fascist." 

"Yes, I do, yes, I do," Harris told moderator Anderson Cooper erstwhile asked if she believes Trump is simply a "fascist." 

Harris joined CNN for a municipality hallway lawsuit Wednesday evening, speaking to Pennsylvania voters extracurricular of Philadelphia. The municipality hallway lawsuit kicked disconnected astatine 9 p.m. connected Wednesday from Chester Township, which is located little than 20 miles extracurricular of Philadelphia.

Cooper asked Harris astir her societal media station earlier Wednesday that compared Trump to Adolf Hitler astatine the commencement of the debate. Harris doubled down that she believes Trump is "unstable," but did not straight comparison him to Hitler. 

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ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 23: Democratic statesmanlike candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN Presidential Town Hall astatine Sun Center Studios connected October 23, 2024 successful Aston, Pennsylvania. With little than 2 weeks to Election Day, Harris spent the time successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a sojourn to Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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"I bash judge that Donald Trump is unstable, progressively unstable and unfit to serve. And I don't needfully deliberation that everyone has heard what you and I person heard repeatedly, which is the people who cognize Donald Trump best, the radical who worked with him successful the White House, successful the Situation Room, successful the Oval Office, each Republicans, by the way, who served successful his administration, his erstwhile main of staff, his nationalist information adviser, erstwhile caput of defence and his vice president person each called him unfit and dangerous," Harris said. 

ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 23: Democratic statesmanlike candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN Presidential Town Hall astatine Sun Center Studios connected October 23, 2024 successful Aston, Pennsylvania. With little than 2 weeks to Election Day, Harris spent the time successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a sojourn to Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to greet supporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty images)

Harris said connected X earlier Wednesday that "Trump is retired for unchecked power" and akin to the Nazi Germany dictator.  

"He wants a subject similar Adolf Hitler had, who volition beryllium loyal to him, not our Constitution," Harris posted. "He is unhinged, unstable, and fixed a 2nd term, determination would beryllium nary 1 to halt him from pursuing his worst impulses."

Harris went connected during the municipality hallway to mention erstwhile Trump White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who claimed to the media connected Tuesday that Trump wanted "Hitler's generals."

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"And past contiguous we learned that John Kelly, a four-star Marine wide who is his longest serving main of staff, gave an interrogation recently, successful the past 2 weeks of this election, talking astir however unsafe Donald Trump is. And I deliberation 1 has to deliberation astir wherefore would idiosyncratic who served with him, who is not political, a four-star Marine general, wherefore is helium telling the American radical now? And frankly, I deliberation of it arsenic is: He's conscionable putting retired a 911 telephone to the American people, recognize what could hap if Donald Trump were backmost successful the White House," she said. 

Harris' and Kelly's comments travel aft Trump has faced 2 adjacent assassination attempts amid heated rhetoric this predetermination cycle. 

Donald Trump is addressing the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority Conference astatine the Washington Hilton successful Washington, DC, connected June 22, 2024  (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump deed backmost connected his societal media tract Truth Social pursuing Harris and Kelly's remarks that Kelly "made up a communicative retired of axenic Trump Derangement Syndrome Hatred."

"Thank you for your enactment against a full degenerate named John Kelly, who made up a communicative retired of axenic Trump Derangement Syndrome Hatred! This feline had 2 qualities, which don’t enactment good together. He was pugnacious and dumb. The occupation is his toughness morphed into weakness, due to the fact that helium became JELLO with time!" helium posted. 

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"The communicative astir the Soldiers was A LIE, arsenic are galore different stories helium told. Even though I shouldn’t beryllium wasting my clip with him, I ever consciousness it’s indispensable to deed backmost successful pursuit of THE TRUTH. John Kelly is simply a LOWLIFE, and a atrocious General, whose proposal successful the White House I nary longer sought, and told him to MOVE ON! His woman erstwhile told me, astatine Camp David, John admires you tremendously, and erstwhile helium leaves the Military, helium volition lone talk good of you. I said, Thank you!"

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