Lindsey Graham strikes back at John Kelly's 'fascist' comment about Trump: ‘Desperate’

Sen. Lindsey Graham connected Sunday said John Kelly’s "fascist" remark astir former President Trump, nether whom helium served arsenic White House main of staff, was a motion of desperation for the Harris run with conscionable implicit a week to spell until predetermination day.

Graham, R-S.C., appeared connected ABC’s "This Week," wherever helium was asked astir however Kelly insisted Trump met the "general explanation of a fascist" and would govern similar a dictator if allowed during an interrogation with The New York Times past week. 

"[Kelly’s] undermining a conception that's been bully for America," Graham said. "I deliberation our generals person benignant of been apolitical. He's entitled to his opinion. I conscionable categorically cull it."

"Three weeks earlier the election, you're calling fundamentally Trump Hitler, a fascist, is not going to resonate," the legislator continued. "What happened to joyousness connected the Democratic side? They went from joyousness to present Trump is Hitler. Well, that's desperation."

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Graham urged Americans to look astatine Trump's record, adding that Kelly's criticisms were based connected emotion alternatively than facts. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)

Graham further struck backmost connected Kelly’s "fascist" comment, asking Americans to look astatine Trump’s grounds arsenic "a person of Israel dissimilar immoderate other" and however helium helped enactment Israel "in the strongest presumption they’ve been in." He besides said determination were nary wars, the borderline was astatine its astir unafraid and ostentation was down, each connected Trump’s watch.

Kelly, a retired four-star general, served arsenic Trump's White House main of staff. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images, File)

"I deliberation General Kelly's criticisms are not based connected facts," the legislator said. "I deliberation it's emotional, it's sad, and it's not going to matter."

Graham was besides asked astir criticisms that retired four-star Gens. Mark Milley and Jim Mattis, who some served successful the Trump administration, besides made astir the erstwhile president.

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"That shows you however hopeless this run is, you’ve got 3 retired generals who person been retired of the crippled for a while, 3 weeks earlier the predetermination and trying to regenerate joyousness with fear," Graham said.

Graham besides noted that helium does not deliberation Harris is simply a fascist oregon communist either erstwhile commenting astir the warfare of words betwixt Trump and Harris.

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"Do I deliberation Kamala Harris is simply a fascist? No. [Do] I deliberation she's a communist? No. I deliberation she's the astir wide idiosyncratic ever to beryllium nominated by a large party. I deliberation she's ineffective. I deliberation she's incompetent," Graham said.