Harris slams Trump after John Kelly sounds alarm on his fitness for office
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🗓️ 23 October 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the news hour. With less than two weeks until election day, former |
| 0:04.8 | President Donald Trump is courting voters tonight in the state of Georgia. But he's |
| 0:09.2 | also facing blistering new criticism from his longest serving chief of staff, John Kelly, who's |
| 0:15.2 | sounding the alarm on Trump's fitness for office. Something Vice President Kamala Harris pounced |
| 0:20.5 | on today. Here's Lisa de Jardin. |
| 0:22.6 | In swing state Georgia, south of Atlanta, |
| 0:27.8 | President Donald J. Trump. |
| 0:29.6 | Former President Donald Trump fielded questions in front of a friendly crowd, a faith town hall of Christians. |
| 0:38.0 | When you have faith when you believe in God, it's a big advantage over people that don't have that. It's a big advantage. |
| 0:45.0 | But overnight, far harsher words from John Kelly, |
| 0:49.0 | Trump's longest serving chief of staff, someone who was at his side for nearly a year and a half. |
| 0:54.8 | In scathing comments and audio interviews with the New York Times, Kelly said Trump, |
| 0:59.0 | behind the scenes displayed the tendencies of a fascist. |
| 1:03.0 | He certainly an authoritarian admires people who are dictators. |
| 1:08.0 | He has said that. |
| 1:09.0 | So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist for sure. The retired marine general says he |
| 1:17.0 | won't endorse a candidate in the election. That's an enemy from within. That's |
| 1:21.6 | really that is a threat to democracy. But said |
| 1:25.0 | Trump's recent comments about using the military against domestic political |
| 1:29.4 | opponents motivated him to speak out. I think this issue of using the military to go after American citizens is one of those things I think is a very, very bad thing. |
| 1:42.0 | Even to say it for political purposes to get elected, |
| 1:45.0 | it's a very, very bad thing, let alone actually doing it. |
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