A focus group of eight undecided Pennsylvania voters on Thursday unanimously expressed disapproval of Vice President Kamala Harris referring to former President Donald Trump “as a fascist.”
Harris said during a CNN town hall Wednesday that she thinks Trump is “a fascist” in light of former White House chief of staff John Kelly telling The New York Times and The Atlantic that the former president exhibited “fascist” tendencies and allegedly praised Adolf Hitler. Three of the voters, featured on journalist Mark Halperin’s 2WAY platform, commented that Harris’ remarks were off-putting or unlikely to help her win the November election, while none of the eight raised their hands when Halperin asked if the vice president should be campaigning on this issue.
“In the last few days, the vice president has started to talk about Donald Trump as a fascist, as someone who’s spoken approvingly of Hitler. Raise your hand if you’ve heard about those comments,” Halperin directed, with all eight confirming they had. “Okay. What do folks think, is that something that’s persuasive to you, is that something that you’ll factor into your vote?”
“To me, it’s horrible that she’s saying that about him. If he was saying that about her, everybody would be up in arms,” a voter named Linda Wright answered. “I just don’t think that’s right.”
Halperin asked for more voter input, specifying that Harris was espousing the rhetoric “based on accounts of people who’ve worked with President Trump.” […]
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