Harris’ words followed Trump’s contentious remarks that illegal immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country.”
In a Tuesday night television interview, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that former President Trump’s rhetoric is “similar” to that of Adolf Hitler.
At a recent speech in New Hampshire, Trump was chastised by media outlets for suggesting that illegal immigrants were “poisoning the blood” of the United States.
“They’re poisoning our country’s blood.” That’s exactly what they’ve done,” he explained. “They poison — mental institutions and prisons worldwide.” Not only in Latin America. Not simply the three or four countries that come to mind. But they’re flooding in from all over the world — from Africa, Asia, and everywhere else.
During an interview on MSNBC, Harris was asked about these remarks. Lawrence O’Donnell, the show’s host, asked the vice president to assume she was a little eighth-grade girl when she came across Trump’s comment. O’Donnell also said Trump was referring to her and her family’s blood.
Harris, whose parents were civil rights activists, said she was raised understanding that some individuals will use their voice to “dehumanize” and create a society in which people of diverse backgrounds have little in common.
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“I’d interpret it the same way I do now.” Language is designed to divide us. “It is language that I believe people have correctly identified as similar to Hitler’s language,” Harris remarked.
She went on to say that it was “critically important” to remind young people that the “true measure” of a leader’s power is “based not on who they beat down, but on who they lift up.”
“Sadly, I think there is something perverse that has happened in our country over the last many years, which is to suggest that strength looks like a bully when, in fact, the real character of a leader is someone who has empathy,” he said.
Trump’s latest remarks have also elicited criticism from the media, the White House, Republicans, and Democrats.
“Echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascists and violent white supremacists, as well as threatening to oppress those who disagree with the government, are dangerous assaults on the dignity and rights of all Americans, on our democracy.”
“Echoing the grotesque rhetoric of fascists and violent white supremacists and threatening to oppress those who disagree with the government are dangerous attacks on the dignity and rights of all Americans, our democracy, and public safety,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement issued on Sunday.
“It’s the opposite of everything we stand for as Americans,” he said.
Senator Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, termed Trump’s remarks “unhelpful rhetoric,” while Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, said she “obviously” disagreed with the former president’s tone.
“We’re all the children of immigrants,” she continued. “I suppose it’s just part of his campaign rhetoric.” “I’m not sure; I can’t explain it.”
However, several Republicans, notably Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, defended Trump’s remarks.
“You just implicitly framed your question, assuming Donald Trump is referring to Adolf Hitler.” “It’s ridiculous,” Vance said. “It is obvious that he was talking about the very clear fact that the blood of Americans is being poisoned by a drug epidemic.”
In response to the uproar over his “poisoning the blood” remark, Trump stated at a recent Waterloo, Iowa campaign rally that he has never read Hitler’s iconic book “Mein Kampf.”
