{"id":114275,"date":"2024-10-15T04:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114275"},"modified":"2024-10-15T04:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:13:57","slug":"trump-sparks-outrage-after-calling-for-army-to-handle-enemies-on-election-day-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114275","title":{"rendered":"Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election day | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Donald Trump has provoked an angry backlash from Democrats after calling for the US armed forces to be turned against his political adversaries when voters go to the polls at next month\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In comments that added further fuel to fears of an authoritarian crackdown if he recaptures the White House, the Republican nominee said the military or national guard should be deployed against opponents that he called \u201cthe enemy within\u201d when the election takes place on 5 November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He singled out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">California<\/a> congressman, Adam Schiff, who was the lead prosecutor in the ex-president\u2019s first impeachment trial, as posing a bigger threat to a free and fair election than foreign terrorists or illegal immigrants, his usual prime target for abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump\u2019s comments, to Fox News in response to a question on possible election \u201cchaos\u201d, triggered an angry reaction from Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign, which likened them to previous remarks that he would be a dictator \u201con day one\u201d of a second presidency and his suggestions that the US constitution should be terminated to overturn the 2020 election result, which he falsely claims was stolen by Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump and the vice-president are locked in a tight contest as election day looms. Most national polls put Harris narrowly ahead, but in the crucial swing states which will decide the election, the contest appears much tighter and offers Trump numerous paths to a potential victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">After initially saying election chaos would not come from his side, Trump launched a vituperative attack on his opponents when the interviewer, Maria Bartiromo, raised the possibility of outside agitators or immigrants who had committed crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people,\u201d he said on Fox\u2019s Sunday Morning Futures programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by the national guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can\u2019t let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and expert on fascism at New York University, told NBC that Trump was flagging up what he planned to do as president, which she compared to the \u201c\u2018strongman\u2019 ruling templates of Viktor Orb\u00e1n, Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin, the leaders of Hungary, India and Russia respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cHe\u2019s actually rehearsing, in a sense, what he would be doing as head of state, which is what Orb\u00e1n does, Modi is doing, Putin has long done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Trump also turned his fire on Schiff, who is a candidate for the US Senate in next month\u2019s poll. He said: \u201cThe thing that\u2019s tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">It was his second attack in two days on Schiff, who earned Trump\u2019s enmity when he was the ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives\u2019 intelligence committee during his presidency, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/amp\/politics\/republican-led-house-poised-to-censure-schiff-over-trump-russia-investigations\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said there was evidence of collusion<\/a> between Trump and Russia during the 2016. The House later voted, under Republican leadership, to censure Schiff over his comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">At a rally in Coachella, California \u2013 a state he has virtually no chance of winning \u2013 on Saturday, Trump mocked Schiff\u2019s physical characteristics and labelled him a bigger threat than foreign adversaries, including the Chinese president Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cHe [Xi] is somebody that we can handle,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe worst people are the enemies from within, the sleaze bags, the guy that you\u2019re going to elect to the Senate, shifty Adam Schiff. He\u2019s a major low-life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He claimed, without providing evidence, that Schiff was engaged in mass voter fraud. \u201cThey send millions and million of ballots all over the place,\u201d he said. \u201c[In] California, you don\u2019t have anything like a voting booth. They take ballots and they just send them all over the place. They come back and they say, oh, somebody won by 5m votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Schiff <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchiff\/status\/18456682939376764\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">responded on Twitter\/X<\/a> by accusing Trump of inciting violence in the same manner as he was widely accused of doing on 6 January 2021, when a mob attacked the US Capitol in an effort to stop certification of Biden\u2019s election win.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-16\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>The Stakes \u2014 US Election Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;the-stakes-us-election-edition&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;The Guardian guides you through the chaos of a hugely consequential presidential election&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-16\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cToday, Trump threatened to deploy the military against the \u2018enemies from within.\u2019 The same thing he has called me,\u201d Schiff wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cJust as he incited a mob to attack the Capitol, he again stokes violence against those who oppose him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harris\u2019s campaign issued a more extensive condemnation. \u201cDonald Trump is suggesting that his fellow Americans are worse \u2018enemies\u2019 than foreign adversaries, and he is saying he would use the military against them,\u201d campaign spokesperson Ian Sams said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"03ebd6f3-e1e9-40ee-be88-cd675e0c0241\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:20,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Harris and Trump, locked in tight race, seek edge among undecided voters&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;03ebd6f3-e1e9-40ee-be88-cd675e0c0241&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/13\/harris-trump-election-race-campaign&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0,&quot;design&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cTaken with his vow to be a dictator on \u2018day one\u2019, calls for the \u2018termination\u2019 of the constitution, and plans to surround himself with sycophants who will give him unchecked, unprecedented power if he returns to office, this should alarm every American who cares about their freedom and security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWhat Donald Trump is promising is dangerous, and returning him to office is simply a risk Americans cannot afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">While Trump, being out of power, will be in no position to deploy troops on election day, his call for military power to quell political opposition is familiar, recalling his demand that soldiers be deployed in the streets of Washington DC in 2020 to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Gen Mark Milley, the then chairperson of the joint chiefs of staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/09\/politics\/esper-new-book-milley-trump-resignation-protests-cnntv\/index.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reportedly came close to resigning<\/a> over the demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Milley, who has since fallen foul of Trump, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/10\/12\/mark-milley-donald-trump-fascist\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">quoted in a new book by Bob Woodward<\/a> \u2013 the journalist who, along with Carl Bernstein, helped to expose the Watergate scandal of the 1970s \u2013 as calling the ex-president \u201ca total fascist\u201d and has voiced fears that he could be recalled to service and court-martialled if he returns to office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/oct\/14\/trump-military-enemy-within-armed-forces-election-day\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has provoked an angry backlash from Democrats after calling for the US armed forces to be turned against his political adversaries when voters go to the polls at &hellip; 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