‘Yes, I do’: Kamala Harris Acknowledges Trump Is a Fascist

Vice president appeared in a CNN town hall event

Vice President Kamala Harris is clearly calling Donald Trump a fascist, after others who worked for the former president also used the label to describe him.

Harris made her comments Wednesday during a national town hall event on CNN, after audio of Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff — John Kelly — called the Republican a fascist and said that he also has voiced an affinity for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

The vice president is seeking to defeat Trump’s current third bid for the White House and become the nation’s first Black woman elected president.

Harris and others have made the case that Trump’s fascist ideation should be disqualifying.

“He who was openly admired dictators, said he would be a dictator on day one. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said he is a fascist to the core. So I think that when the American people reflect, especially those who are undecided, on who you should listen to, don’t take my word for it,” Harris said. “In fact, go online and listen to John Kelly, his voice, talking about what he thinks of Donald Trump, two weeks before the election.

“Because I think we all know, to your point, Anderson, it is close, but there are undecided voters who, clearly, by being here, have an open mind, want to talk in a way that is a grounded in issues and fact, and when they hear these facts, I think it compels a lot of people to be concerned about the future of our country with Donald Trump at the lead,” she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who moderated the town hall.

“You quoted General [Mark] Milley calling Donald Trump a fascist. You yourself have not used that word to describe him. Let me ask you tonight: Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” Cooper asked the vice president.

“Yes, I do. Yes, I do. And I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted,” she replied. “Again, look at their careers. These are not people — with the exception, I think, of only Mike Pence, these were not politicians. These are career people who have served in the highest roles in national security, who have served as generals in our military, who are highly respected, talking about the person who would be commander-in-chief.”

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