Harris calls John Kelly coming out against Trump a '911 call to the American people'
Vice President Kamala Harris reacted to John Kelly, a former four-star Marine general and the former chief of staff to Donald Trump, coming out swinging against the former president, saying he could fit the bill of a "fascist."
During her CNN town hall in Aston, Pennsylvania, Harris reacted to Kelly's statements and noted how he went public with his interviews so close to the election.
"Why would someone who served with him [Trump], who is not political, a four-star Marine general -- why is he telling the American people now?" Harris questioned.
"And frankly, I think of it as... he's just putting out a 911 call to the American people," Harris said.
Kelly, who had previously refrained from discussing his time in the White House so openly, said in expansive interviews with The New York Times that Trump's discussion of using the military against the "enemy within" pushed him to come forward.
"Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," Kelly told The Times.
"So, certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America," he added of Trump.
During the town hall, Harris was asked by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper if she believes Trump is a fascist.
"Yes, I do," Harris said.
"I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted," the vice president added.