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"When someone of Kelly’s stature and proximity to Trump says the ex-president is a fascist and praised Hitler’s generals, it should send a great chill through our body politic. If this becomes a half-a-day story, it will be an indictment on all of us."
~ Sarah Longwell
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/24
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-sad-pathetic-spectacle-of-john
The Sad, Pathetic Spectacle of John Kelly’s Critics
Trump’s sycophants want us to trust them over our own eyes and ears.Sarah Longwell (The Bulwark)
"Indeed, by speaking out as he has, Kelly has put his future and even his own life at risk, because if Trump regains the White House, Trump will likely seek political retribution.
Otherwise put, Kelly has no incentive to fabricate stories, and he has come forward only reluctantly because Trump has grown so extreme."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/23
"Kelly was one of the people closest to Trump during his presidency, having served as his Secretary of Homeland Security and then as his longtime chief of staff. Kelly didn’t write a book or take a gig on a news network, so he had no financial incentive to come forward."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/22
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/john-kelly-speaks-out
John Kelly Speaks Out
The retired general and former Trump Chief of Staff goes on record, and in person, in a series of interviews.Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)
"John Kelly won't let us avert our eyes. …
47 percent of our fellow Americans want this man to be commander-in-chief.
How is this possible?
Because they look away. They choose not to see."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/21
David Kurtz points out that two generals, Mark Milley and John Kelly, have now issued dire warnings that Trump is a fascist. As Kurtz notes,
"Kelly’s dual interviews came the same day Trump touted at a campaign event the 'extreme power' he would have if elected again: 'As president, you have tremendous — it’s called extreme power. You have extreme power.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/19
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/two-generals-have-now-issued-dire
Two Generals Have Now Issued Dire Warnings That Trump Is A Fascist
INSIDE: Kamala Harris ... Rudy G ... Aileen CannonDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
Diana Butler Bass kindly offers a gift link to the New York Times interview with Trump's presidential chief of staff General John Kelly, in which Kelly warns us that Trump meets the definition of a fascist, will govern as a dictator of elected, and has no respect for the Constitution or rule of law.
You can access the gift link by clicking the link to Bass' site and finding the gift link in her essay.
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/18
"Then Kelly went further. Kelly noted that Trump 'met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/17
"Kelly raised two bright red flags that paint a dark and deeply disturbing picture for our nation if Trump were to return to office. First, there was Kelly’s comments to The Atlantic that Trump made it clear that, 'I need the kind of generals that Hitler had.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/16
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/john-kelly-is-warning-us-that-jd
"He also confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump had said he wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed the German dictator during World War II, and recounted the moment."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/8
"Kelly’s comments, two weeks from Election Day, are the latest in a line of warnings from former Trump White House aides about how he views the presidency and would exercise power if returned to office.
In addition to the fascist comments, Kelly — who was Trump’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019 — told The New York Times that the former president 'certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.'”
~ CNN
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/7
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/22/politics/trump-fascist-john-kelly/index.html
"Kelly added that 'in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/6
"The retired U.S. Marine Corps general confirmed that Trump is 'certainly the only president that has all but rejected what America is all about, and what makes America America, in terms of our Constitution, in terms of our values, the way we look at everything, to include family and government—he’s certainly the only president that I know of, certainly in my lifetime, that was like that.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/5
"In an interview with Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times published tonight, [General John] Kelly noted that he had decided not to speak out about Trump unless Trump said something deeply troubling or something that involved Kelly and was wildly inaccurate. For Kelly, Trump’s recent talk about the 'enemy within' was dangerous enough that he felt obliged to make a public comment."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/4
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-22-2024
October 22, 2024
Former president Trump’s closing economic argument for the American people is that putting a high tariff wall around the country will bring in so much foreign money that it will fund domestic programs and bring down the deficit, enabling massive tax …Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
The NYT has added 9 audio clips from Mike Schmidt’s interview w/ #JohnKelly.
The #Trump campaign’s response to the article & Kelly’s statements is laughable; Trump says the stories are long “debunked” which isn’t true, it was that Kelly hadn’t gone on record so it couldn’t be verified. Obviously, now he is on the record.
Clip 1: Kelly on Trump & #Fascism
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#Election #USpol #democracy #Vote #HarrisWalz2024
In the interviews, #JohnKelly expanded on his previously expressed concerns & stressed that voters, in his view, should consider fitness & #character when selecting a president, even more than a candidate’s stances on the issues.
“In many cases, I would agree w/some of [#Trump’s] policies,” he said, STRESSING that as a fmr MILITARY officer he was not endorsing any #candidate. “But again, it’s a very dangerous thing to have the wrong person elected…”
#JohnKelly was #HomelandSecurity secy under #Trump before moving to the WH in July 2017. He worked to carry out Trump’s agenda for nearly 1½ yrs. It was a tumultuous period in which he drew internal criticism over his own performance & grew disenchanted & distressed by #conduct on the part of the #president that he considered at times to be #inappropriate & reflecting no understanding of the #Constitution.
With #Election Day looming, #JohnKelly — deeply bothered by #Trump’s recent comments about employing the #military against his #domestic opponents — agreed to three on-the-record, recorded discussions with a reporter for The New York Times about the former president, providing some of his most wide-ranging comments yet about Trump’s fitness & character.
#CommonSense #sanity #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024 #WeAreNotGoingBack #Freedom #VoteBlue
As #Election Nears, Kelly Warns #Trump Would Rule Like a #Dictator
#JohnKelly, the Trump White House’s longest-serving #ChiefOfStaff, said that he believed that Donald Trump met the definition of a #fascist.
Few top ofcls spent more time behind closed doors in the White House w/Trump than John F. Kelly, the fmr #Marine general who was his longest-serving chief of staff.
"John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits 'into the general definition of fascist' and wanted the 'kind of generals Hitler had' in a series of interviews published Tuesday."
CNN reports: "Kelly’s comments, two weeks from Election Day, are the latest in a line of warnings from former Trump White House aides about how he views the presidency and would exercise power if returned to office."
