'Listen to President Reagan': Leon Panetta
While making the case for Harris as commander-in-chief, Leon Panetta, the Secretary of Defense under former President Barack Obama, said Trump will "abandon our allies and isolate America."
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"Listen to President Reagan," Panetta said. "Isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response to tyrannical governments."
In drawing a comparison between the two candidates, he said, "Trump tells tyrants like Putin they can do whatever the hell they want. Kamala Harris tells tyrants the hell you can. Not on my watch."
He drew the largest applause when he said that the role of the U.S. military is to defend us from foreign enemies and "sure as hell isn't to put immigrants in camps."