Kamala Harris spoke from the steps of the vp’s residence on Wednesday concerning the disturbing report regarding Donald Trump’s reward of Adolf Hitler and his need for a Nazi military.
“He said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had,” Harris remarked. “Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution,” she said, referring to recent interviews with Trump’s White Home chief of employees John Kelly.
“[Trump] wants a military who will be loyal to him personally, one that will obey his orders even when he tells them to break the law or abandon their oath to the Constitution of the United States,” the vp mentioned.
Harris additionally spoke concerning the quite a few cases the place Trump has commented on fellow Individuals being the “enemy within”—threatening to make use of the navy in opposition to his perceived opponents.
“Anyone who refuses to bend a knee or dares to criticize him would qualify in his mind as the enemy within,” Harris defined.
“This can be a window into who Donald Trump actually is,” Harris mentioned, reminding Individuals that a number of former Trump administration officers have publicly spoken out in opposition to Trump’s pursuit of a second time period in workplace.
“Donald Trump is more and more unhinged and unstable, and in a second time period folks like John Kelly wouldn’t be there to be the guard rails in opposition to his propensities and his actions,” Harris warned. “Those who once tried to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses would no longer be there, and no longer be there to rein him in.”
“So the bottom line is this: We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power,” Harris mentioned. “The query in 13 days can be, what do the American folks need?”
