'Not going to go down that road': Fox's Harris Faulkner shuts down guest critical of Trump
Fox News host and anchor Harris Faulkner quickly shut down a Democratic guest as soon as he brought up the name of Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, who this week declared the ex-president meets the “definition of a fascist.”
General Kelly is far from alone in making the accusation.
Last week, former Trump Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Mark Milley, said he believes Donald Trump is “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country.”
And on Wednesday, The Washington Post reported former Trump Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, agreed with Kelly.
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In addition to declaring the ex-president meets the definition of a fascist, Kelly shared more disturbing details about his time with Trump.
“Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff is warning that the Republican presidential nominee meets the definition of a fascist and that while in office, Trump suggested that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler ‘did some good things,’” The Associated Press reported Wednesday. “The comments from John Kelly, the retired Marine general who worked for Trump in the White House from 2017 to 2019, came in interviews with both The New York Times and The Atlantic. They build on a growing series of warnings from former top Trump officials as the election enters its final weeks.”
Trump allegedly was very specific in his praise of Hitler and his regime.
“In his interview with The Atlantic, Kelly recalled that when Trump raised the idea of needing ‘German generals,’ Kelly would ask if he meant ‘Bismarck’s generals,’ referring to Otto von Bismarck, the former chancellor of the German Reich who oversaw the unification of Germany. ‘Surely you can’t mean Hitler’s generals,’ Kelly recalled asking Trump. To which the former president responded, ‘Yeah, yeah, Hitler’s generals.’”
The AP also reported, “Kelly added that Trump often fumed at any attempt to constrain his power, and that ‘he would love to be’ a dictator,” and told The Times: “He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.”
Thursday afternoon, Fox’s Harris Faulkner stopped her guest from sharing those allegations on-air.
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“It’s very difficult for them. They hear all this negative, both sides, and they’re tuning it out, so how do you break through?” a Democratic guest told Faulkner. “What I think is telling is that you have someone like President Barack Obama going and stumping for his candidate where on Donald Trump’s side, you don’t see George W. Bush, you don’t see Michael Pence or leading Republicans doing that, and I think that’s a glaring thing that will come evident.”
“His former chief of staff, John Kelly, coming out —” he said before Harris interjected.
“Alright,” she declared, before her guest continued: “with these accusations —”
“You know what,” Faulkner said, talking over her guest. “I’m not going to go down that road.”
“She used the backdrop of the Naval Observatory,” Faulkner said, “to bring up some some items that were years old and without much time left, I would love for us to go into it…”
Rather than allowing her guests to continue on that topic, she called for their last quick thoughts.
Faulkner closed by asking, “I just want to know, where’s the joy? Because he’s dancing and she’s no longer joyful. Find the joy.”
Watch the video below.Democrat guest: John Kelly came out with these accusations that are very damning to Trump.
Harris Faulkner: I'm not going down that road.
Dem: Trump has refused to do 60 Minutes.
Faulkner: I just want to know where's the joy because he's dancing, and she's no longer joyful! pic.twitter.com/GaEtV9CElu
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 24, 2024
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