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Topics: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Los Angeles, Politics, US News
Joe Yates
Topics: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Los Angeles, Politics, US News
A clip of former Vice President Kamala Harris warning Americans of President Donald Trump's alleged military ambitions has resurfaced after the National Guard was deployed to the riots in Los Angeles.
Protests and demonstrations have been ongoing since Friday (June 6) outside the Federal Building in the downtown area of Los Angeles following raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In response, President Trump - who began his second term of presidency back in January - called for protestors to be arrested and has since opted to deploy 700 Marines and mobilize a further 2,000 members of the National Guard to bring order to the city.
However, a legal battle is now unfolding as Trump didn't contact California Governor Gavin Newsom before mobilizing them - with the Democrat announcing plans to take the Trump administration to court over its use of force.
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As havoc continues to unfold in LA, a clip of Harris during her time as VP claiming Trump wants 'unchecked power' has resurfaced on Twitter, with the post being captioned: "She *warned* us in just 3 minutes." Take a look below:
The post continued: "Federalizing the National Guard in California isn’t 'normal'. It’s the first move. Kamala Harris called it: Trump wants unchecked power and praised Hitler’s generals."
In the video in question, Harris details how Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, 'a retired four star general', confirmed to her that Trump 'wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had'.
She says: "Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution. He wants a military that is loyal to him.
"He wants a military who will be loyal to him, personally, one that will obey his orders even when he tells them to break the law or abandon their oath to the Constitution of the United States.
"In just the past week [late October 2024], Donald Trump has repeatedly called his fellow Americans the enemy from within, and even said that he would use the United States military to go after American citizens.
"And let's be clear about who he considers to be the enemy from within, anyone who refuses to bend a knee or dares to criticize him would qualify, in his mind, as the enemy within, like judges, like journalists, like non partisan election officials.
"It is deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the deaths of 6 million Jews and hundreds of 1000s of Americans."
The Democratic Party's candidate went on to characterize Trump as a 'fascist', claiming he had become 'increasingly unhinged and unstable', before adding that in a second term 'people like John Kelly would not be there to be the guardrails against his propensities and his actions'.
She concluded: Those who once tried to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses would no longer be there and no longer be there to rein him in.
"So the bottom line is this, we know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power."