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

Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down successful her comparison 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 arena Wednesday evening, speaking to Pennsylvania voters extracurricular of Philadelphia. The municipality hallway arena 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 nan commencement of nan 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 nan time successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a sojourn to Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to shake hands supporters. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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"I do 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 nan people who cognize Donald Trump best, nan group who worked pinch him successful nan White House, successful nan Situation Room, successful nan Oval Office, each Republicans, by nan way, who served successful his administration, his erstwhile main of staff, his nationalist information adviser, erstwhile caput of defense 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 nan time successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made a sojourn to Famous 4th Street Delicatessen to shake hands 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 nan Nazi Germany dictator.  

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

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

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"And past coming we learned that John Kelly, a four-star Marine wide who is his longest serving main of staff, gave an question and reply recently, successful nan past 2 weeks of this election, talking astir really vulnerable Donald Trump is. And I deliberation 1 has to deliberation astir why would personification who served pinch him, who is not political, a four-star Marine general, why is he telling nan American group now? And frankly, I deliberation of it arsenic is: He's conscionable putting retired a 911 telephone to nan American people, understand what could hap if Donald Trump were backmost successful nan 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 nan Faith and Freedom Road to Majority Conference astatine nan 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 support 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 activity good together. He was reliable and dumb. The problem is his toughness shape-shifted into weakness, because he became JELLO pinch time!" he posted. 

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"The communicative astir nan Soldiers was A LIE, arsenic are galore different stories he told. Even though I shouldn’t beryllium wasting my clip pinch him, I ever consciousness it’s basal to deed backmost successful pursuit of THE TRUTH. John Kelly is simply a LOWLIFE, and a bad General, whose proposal successful nan 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 he leaves nan Military, he will only speak good of you. I said, Thank you!"

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