John Kelly comes out swinging against Trump, says he fits 'fascist' definition - WEIS | Local & Area News, Sports, & Weather

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "I had the honor of working aside him, and I know him speaking out this way was no small step for him," said Kevin Carroll, who served as senior counsel to Kelly when he was Homeland Security secretary under Trump.
36% : The former general held nothing back, arguing that Trump could fit the bill of a "fascist.""Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," he told The Times.
36% : Trump throughout his tenure has also praised authoritarians, including boasting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's intelligence, calling North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un "tough" and heaping praise on Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.
21% : "The people who know him best are telling us Trump is unhinged and pursuing unchecked power that would put us all at risk.
18% : The latest eye-popping comments from Kelly come as early voting is already underway and Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris fight for a small but significant slice of undecided voters.
14% : Mark Esper, Trump's former defense secretary, said earlier this month that he feared Trump would use the military against his domestic critics and that he would likely have fewer guardrails in a hypothetical second term.
7% : Kelly went on to explain that Trump had said he wanted generals like those that Adolf Hitler had, a comment that Kelly found shocking and told the former president not to repeat.
7% : Gen. Steve Anderson mocked the fact that Trump "couldn't qualify to be in the military -- he has 34 felony convictions -- so, how can we have the commander-in-chief be in charge of a military that he couldn't possibly join?"Harris' campaign warned that voters should listen to those who have worked alongside Trump while he was president.
5% : Mark Milley, a retired Army general and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, told journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is a "fascist to the core.""He is the most dangerous person ever.

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