Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking before a campaign rally in Texas on Thursday, spoke out against violent rhetoric but immediately reminded supporters that her opponent, former President Donald Trump, is a “danger” and a “threat” to this nation.
A reporter asked Harris about a statement put out by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in which they vociferously decried the current rhetoric coming from the Democrat nominee equating Trump to Hitler.
The statement accused her of having “fanned the flames beneath a boiling cauldron of political animus” with her recent actions. Actions amplifying specious reports out of The Atlantic and The New York Times accusing the GOP nominee of expressing admiration for Hitler and his generals.
Several high-ranking officials have disputed the allegations, and it seems unlikely that former Gen. John Kelly, a key player in the smear campaign, just suddenly remembered something that was allegedly said five years ago.
The reporter requested her reaction to the statement from McConnell and Johnson. And bear in mind this is against the backdrop of two recent assassination attempts against her opponent, one that came within millimeters of succeeding and plunging the country into chaos.
“Well, listen, we all must speak out against any form of political violence and I’m very clear about that,” Harris said before becoming very murky on the matter.
“No one should be the subject of violence, much less political violence,” she added. “But, the American people deserve to be presented with facts and the truth.”
“And the fact and the truth is that some of the people closest to Donald Trump when he was president — generals, including most recently John Kelly, a four-star Marine General — have been very clear about the danger and the threat that Donald Trump poses to America.”
Hey kamala 🖕🖕, you loser
Yeah, President Trump is a threat? Except isn’t he the one who got shot once, and almost a second time?