On CNN's Wednesday night town hall, Kamala Harris enthusiastically defined Trump as a "fascist."
And The Atlantic conveniently happened to publish an article in the closing days of the campaign with former Trump chief of staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, also using that f-word on Trump, and associating Trump with Hitler.
In the mind of CNN host Kasie Hunt, that doesn't mean that Kamala's closing message is "hate Trump!" Definitely not! No way!
That was Hunt's comically absurd assertion in response to this take of former Trump aide Marc Lotter on today's CNN This Morning:
"We've got 12 days to go. Trump's closing message is going to be, Kamala broke it. I will fix it. Again. And Kamala's closing message is: Trump. Hate Trump. Hate Trump. Hate Trump."
That's when Kasie pushed back:
"She's not, she's not saying hate Trump."
Hunt was trying to support Kamala by noting she was citing John Kelly, because when you really turn on Trump, you've really pleased CNN. "I think it's worth noting that John Kelly, who has devoted his life to service to the country, he lost, lost a child in service of the country, and he was in the room for a considerable amount of time in the Trump administration."
So, if Kamala's message isn't "hate Trump," just what is Kasie claiming? That Kamala is calling Trump a fascist because she thinks it will make people like him? Spill, Kasie: America wants to know!
Note: Although the show couldn't avoid coverage of Kamala's CNN town hall last night, it suppressed a very negative take from fellow CNNer Dana Bash, a Kamala fan and Trump despiser, who famously attacked JD Vance in her interview of him. But even Bash had to admit:
"Well, I’ll just tell you what I‘m hearing from people who I have been talking to, and that is that if her goal was to close the deal, they‘re not sure she did that."
Translation: Another Kamala fail.
And with just 12 days to go, could that fail be the final nail?
Here's the transcript.
CNN This Morning
10/24/24
6:01 am EDTKASIE HUNT: Last night, during her town hall with Pennsylvania voters and our Anderson Cooper, she was much quicker than she has been in the past in saying this about her opponent.
ANDERSON COOPER: Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?
KAMALA HARRIS: Yes, I do. Yes, I do.
. . .MARC LOTTER: I think it's clear where this [inaudible.] We've got 12 days to go.
Trump's closing message is going to be, Kamala broke it. I will fix it. Again.
And Kamala's closing message is: Trump. Hate Trump. Hate Trump. Hate Trump.
KASIE HUNT: She's not, she's not saying hate Trump. She is pointing to a report --
LOTTER: She's calling Trump a fascist. She's, you know, they're obviously comparing him to Hitler.
KAREN FINNEY: She's in good, company. She's in pretty good company. He's the one who brought up Hitler.
LOTTER: He didn't bring up Hitler! You got one person out there and I got hundreds that are going to say that it didn't happen. I was in the White House. I never heard hims ay anything along those lines.
FINNEY: Okay.
LOTTER: Neither did Mark Esper, who's no Trump fan. So I get it. This is, this is their closing message.
FINNEY: Okay: you take that up with General Kelly, you vote --
LOTTER: I'll take the 200 military retired generals and admirals who do support us, as opposed to the word of one.
FINNEY: Okay, well, I think it's more than one.
HUNT: I think it's worth noting that John Kelly, who has devoted his life to service to the country, he lost, lost a child in service of the country, and he was in the room for a considerable amount of time in the Trump administration.
