Vice President Kamala Harris described former President Donald Trump as ‘increasingly unstable and unhinged’ Monday night, pointing to comments he said Sunday about using the military against civilian critics.
WHAT HARRIS SAID
Harris held a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania – the Pennsylvania county that often predicts the winner of the presidential race nationally.
While attracting thousands to the Erie Insurance Arena, the Democratic nominee acknowledged that she was the ‘underdog’ as the race has tightened nationally and in key swing states.
SHE PREYED ON DONALD TRUMP
That’s when she tried a new tactic – literally showing footage of Trump’s comments at her rallies.
‘Please roll the clip,’ she said.
On the two jumbotrons at the downtown Erie hockey and basketball stadium Trump’s face appeared.
The montage included several snippets from his rallies and then the controversial comments he made Sunday to Fox’s Maria Bartiromo.
WHAT SHE SAID
‘I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics,’ Trump had said. ‘And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military.’
‘You heard his words. You heard his words coming from him. He’s talking about the enemy within Pennsylvania. He’s talking about the enemy within our country, Pennsylvania,’ Harris said.
‘He’s talking about – that he considers anyone who doesn’t support him or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country,’ she continued, cuing scattered boos. ‘It’s a serious issue. He’s saying that he would use the military to go after them. Think about this?’
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Harris said ‘we know who he would target’ from similar comments he’s made in the past.
‘Journalists whose stories he doesn’t like. Election officials who refuse to cheat by fielding extra votes or finding extra votes for him. Judges who insist on following the law instead of bending to his will,’ Harris said.
‘This is among the reasons I believe so strongly that a second Trump term would be a huge risk for America and dangerous.’
