Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated “the danger and threat that Donald Trump poses to America and the fact that he is unfit to serve” when asked Friday about criticism of Republican leaders’ rhetoric.

“Listen, we must all speak out against all forms of political violence, and I am very clear on that. No one should be subjected to violence,” he told reporters, according to a press pool report.

“But the American people deserve to be presented with the facts and the truth. And the truth is that some of the people who were closest to Donald Trump when he was president, the generals, most recently four-star Marine John Kelly. The vice president said, “General “We have been very clear about the danger and threats Donald Trump poses to America and the fact that he is unfit to serve, and the American people deserve to hear and know that,” he continued.

His campaign initially remained silent after Republican congressional leaders called for him to stop using “dangerous rhetoric” such as referring to Trump as a “fascist.”

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pictured below, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pictured above, asked Vice President Kamala Harris to end her “dangerous rhetoric.” (Reuters)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a relatively rare joint statement requested by Harris on Friday. stop using such words and reminds him of the last two assassination attempts on Trump.

“Labeling a political opponent a ‘fascist’ risks inviting another assassin to rob the voters of their choice before Election Day,” Republican leaders said in a statement less than two weeks before the election. he said.

Harris’ campaign initially declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital.

“Vice President Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and irresponsible rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions,” Johnson and McConnell wrote.

“We have both been informed of the ongoing and persistent threats against former President Donald Trump by adversaries of the United States, and we urge the Vice President to take these threats seriously, stop escalating the threat environment, and ensure that President Trump takes the necessary actions to protect against these threats.” “We need resources,” they said.

The statement noted that there have been two assassination attempts against Trump in the last few months, and said, “in the weeks since this second sobering reminder, the Democrats’ US Presidential candidate has only fanned the flames under a boiling cauldron.” Political hostility.”

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

At a CNN town hall this week, Harris told host Anderson Cooper that she believes him. Trump is a fascist.

When asked by reporters whether he agreed with retired Gen. Mark Milley, who described Trump as “a fascist through and through,” Cooper said, “Yes, I agree. Yes, I agree.” Bob Woodward’s latest book.

Cooper noted that Harris has quoted Milley’s remarks about Trump in the past.

Harris also touched on new interviews with Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly. New York TimesHe said Trump “definitely falls under the definition of a fascist.”

Kelly also claimed that Trump told her that “Hitler did some good things, too.”

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A new poll finds former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in dead heat ahead of Election Day. (AP/Alex Brandon/Mike Stewart)

According to Kelly’s interview, she felt the need to speak out because of a comment Trump made in a recent interview with Fox News.

While speaking with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Trump was asked about concerns about “chaos” on Election Day. The presenter stated that a recent plot by an Afghan refugee had been thwarted.

“I think the bigger problem is not even the enemy from within, the people who come and destroy our country and in the meantime completely destroy our country. Towns, villages are being flooded.” Trump started.

“But I don’t think they have a problem in terms of Election Day. I think the bigger problem is the insiders. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics,” he said. “It should be handled very easily by the National Guard if necessary or the military if it really is necessary because they can’t let that happen.”

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Former President Trump pumped his fist in the air and shouted “fight” to the crowd after surviving an assassination attempt in July. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Harris’ campaign has capitalized on that remark ever since.

According to Johnson and McConnell, “His latest and most reckless invocations of the darkest evil of the 20th century appear to dare to further inflame the incident. The Vice President’s words more closely resemble those of President Trump’s second would-be assassin than his own before.” ” “I’m calling out to civilization.”

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“This summer, after the first assassination attempt on a presidential candidate in over a century, President Biden insisted ‘we cannot allow this violence to become normalized.’ In September, after President Trump fled another close call, Vice President Harris said ‘this incident “We must all do our part to ensure it does not lead to further violence,” he acknowledged.

However, they said, “these words turned out to be empty.”

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