WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Donald Trump on Tuesday on reports he said he spoke favorably of Hitler and called the former president’s recent behavior “more and more delusional.”
“Donald Trump’s appeal to Adolf Hitler, who is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans, is deeply disturbing and deeply dangerous,” Harris said in a brief speech, speaking directly to the camera. Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington.
Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly He told “The New York Times”. In the interviews, which aired Tuesday, he witnessed Trump repeatedly praising Hitler and saying the Nazi leader had “done some good things.”
On Tuesday, Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Cheung denied Kelly’s claim. He told NBC News that Harris engaged in “blatant lies and lies” because his campaign was “in shambles.”
Harris also exploded during his remarks on Wednesday Trump’s latest use of the term to the “enemy from within”. describe the democrats and other political rivals, including US Representative Adam Schiff of California. Harris said Trump’s comments were “further proof to the American people of who Donald Trump really is.”
“This is a window into who Donald Trump really is, from the people who know him best, the people who worked side by side with him in the Oval Office and the Situation Room,” he said.
“Donald Trump is increasingly erratic and erratic, and in a second term, people like John Kelly will not be there to guard against his tendencies and actions,” he said.
In the interview with The TimesKelly said Trump “commented more than once, “You know, Hitler did good things, too.”” The Times released audio of three interviews with Kelly.
Kelly, who served as Trump’s White House chief of staff from July 2017 to January 2019, said he would try to explain to Trump why Hitler was terrible.
“First of all, you should never say that,” Kelly told Trump. “But if you knew what Hitler was from the beginning to the end, everything he did was to support his racist, fascist life, you know, philosophy, that nothing he did could be disputed. well – it certainly wasn’t done for the right reason.
A separately article Published by The Atlantic “I need generals like Hitler,” Trump said during a private conversation at the White House, the magazine reported Tuesday. The Atlantic cited two people who said they heard the statement.
Trump campaign spokesman Alex Pfeiffer told The Atlantic that their reports were “absolutely false” and that “President Trump never said that.”
last year, Trump claimed he “knew nothing about Hitler.” and was “not Hitler’s student” for arguing that immigrants had “poisoned the blood” of America, a phrase similar to Hitler’s.
Harris’ decision to speak out in response to the news comes in the final days of the campaign Trump has increased personal attacks his.