Former Trump chief of staff John Kelly has a habit of being the go-to source for those seeking tantalizing anti-Trump stories, even as other former Trump administration officials who have soured on him cast doubt on them. However, for the men of late night comedy on Wednesday, if an anti-Trump story confirms their pre-existing biases, it must be true. The latest Kelly story includes allegations Trump praised Adolf Hitler, longs for American generals to be more like Hitler’s, and that Trump himself is a fascist. For CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, Kelly’s claims were not that surprising, “He also falls into the specific definition of a fascist. So this is less of an ‘October surprise’ and more of an ‘Early autumn no [bleep].’”     Colbert was also dismayed that Kelly’s allegations will not impact the election, “Trump is apparently a true Fuhrer stan. Kelly had previously spoken to the Atlantic, and they confirmed that multiple witnesses heard Trump complain that ‘I need the kind of generals that Hitler had.’ That is so disturbing that he doesn't know why that's horrible. It reminds me of that famous saying, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to say, 'I need the kind of generals Hitler had' and still somehow be statistically tied in all battleground states."  Breaking out his Trump voice, Colbert also didn’t differentiate between protests and riots, “It wasn't just his love of Nazis that convinced Kelly that Trump was a dangerous man. He also was worried about Trump's obsession with using the military against Americans citizens who oppose him. According to Kelly, in 2020, Trump held private conversations with national security officials about the George Floyd protests, saying, ‘The Chinese generals would know what to do.’” On NBC’s Late Night, host Seth Meyers also claimed not to be surprised by the news, “It's amazing to hear an exasperated general go through the dictionary definition of fascism and tick off every box for Trump. ‘Is he a fascist?’ ‘Well, he calls his opponents vermin, scum, and the enemy within. Says he wants to round up his critics, and conduct a mass deportation. He talks like a fascist, he acts like a fascist, he's friends with fascists, he compliments fascists. And the worst thing, he just got a pin that says, 'I'm a fascist.'”     Fellow NBC host Jimmy Fallon reacted to the news on The Tonight Show by also breaking out his Trump impression, “Some political news, well, guys, the big story today is that Trump's former White House chief of staff went on record to detail how Trump often said, quote, ‘Hitler did some good things.’ Trump made it worse today when he said, ‘Oops, mein bad.’" Fallon also declared, “This is the first election where reporters have to ask, ‘Who'd you root for when you watched Saving Private Ryan?’ Yeah. Right now Kamala Harris is thinking, ‘Seriously, how are we still tied? What is going on?’"      Over at Comedy Central and The Daily Show, host of the week Michael Kosta also claimed it is obvious that Kelly is correct, “Fascism is a nationalist political movement that builds a cult around an all-powerful leader who vows to protect his loyal subjects from racially inferior "others" and the enemy within. Now that you know that, upon hearing John Kelly calling Trump a fascist, you're probably thinking, ‘Yeah, durrr.’” Kosta then panicked what a second Trump term may bring, “General Mattis, General McMaster, both Trump cabinet officials, have said Trump violated the constitution. And keep in mind, these guys were the adults in the room in the first Trump administration, keeping Trump from going full dictator. And they're not going to be there the second time around. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not ready to put the future of American democracy in the hands of Secretary of Defense My Pillow Guy.”     The comedians avoided the Atlantic’s debunked story about Trump complaining about the cost of a military funeral for Vanessa Guillen, a murdered soldier of Mexican ancestry who Trump allegedly referred to as "a fucking Mexican," but that story got published because it fit the Atlantic’s narrative about Trump. Given the history of doubt around Kelly and the Atlantic’s other anti-Trump claims, the Trump-Hitler's generals claim should likewise be treated with a pound of salt. Here are transcripts for the October 23-taped shows: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 10/23/2024 11:43 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: He also falls into the specific definition of a fascist. So this is less of an "October surprise" and more of an "Early autumn no [bleep]." That said, that said, this does carry a considerable amount of weight, because it's the first time Kelly has been willing to go on the record and keep in mind, Kelly was the Trump White House's longest-serving chief of staff. He was a key member of Trump's team. We haven't seen someone turn on a leader like this since Hootie got ratted out by the blowfish. And Kelly had some pretty damning things to say about Trump. JOHN KELLY: He commented more than once, that you know, that "Hitler did some good things too." And, of course, if you know history, again, I think he's lacking in that, but if you know what -- you know what Hitler was all about. You'd be pretty hard to make an argument that he did anything good. COLBERT: Now, to be fair, I can make an argument that Hitler did one thing that was good. He killed Hitler. Doesn't get enough credit. No one talks about that enough. No one else did, a lot of people tried.  Trump is apparently a true Fuhrer stan. Kelly had previously spoken to the Atlantic, and they confirmed that multiple witnesses heard Trump complain that "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had."  That is so disturbing that he doesn't know why that's horrible. It reminds me of that famous saying, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to say, 'I need the kind of generals Hitler had' and still somehow be statistically tied in all battleground states."  And it wasn't just, it wasn't just his love of Nazis that convinced Kelly that Trump was a dangerous man. He also was worried about Trump's obsession with using the military against Americans citizens who oppose him. According to Kelly, in 2020, Trump held private conversations with national security officials about the George Floyd protests, saying, "The Chinese generals would know what to do.” “Oh, they would, especially that crafty General Tso, he'd know you have to toss those protestors in some cornstarch, fry them to a golden brown, and then drench them all in a tangy goo and ultimately—Tangy goo. Tangy. Tangy goo."  Ultimately, Kelly told the times that ‘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.  *** NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers 10/24/2024 12:52 AM ET SETH MEYERS: SETH MEYERS: It's amazing to hear an exasperated general go through the dictionary definition of fascism and tick off every box for Trump. "Is he a fascist?" "Well, he calls his opponents vermin, scum, and the enemy within. Says he wants to round up his critics, and conduct a mass deportation. He talks like a fascist, he acts like a fascist, he's friends with fascists, he compliments fascists. And the worst thing, he just got a pin that says, 'I'm a fascist.'" What makes John Kelly so sure Trump admires fascists? Well, among other things, Trump apparently praised Hitler. Yeah. That one. JOHN KELLY: He would -- he commented more than once that, you know, that Hitler did some good things, too. And of course if you know history, again, I think he's lacking in that, but if you know history, you know what Hitler was all about, you'd be pretty hard to make an argument that he did anything good. MEYERS: I like when Kelly says, "If you know anything about history." I don't even think you have to know about history. You can probably get all the info you need from Mel Brooks movies and Bugs Bunny cartoons. I think you can just have to have heard the name "Hitler" once in your life to know you shouldn't compliment him. If you were raised in the woods from the moment you were born until the time you turned 18, and you were shielded from all of human history and pop culture, and you emerged into the world for the first time and heard someone say the name "Hitler," you'd immediately say, "That guy sounds like bad news."  Now, of course it won't surprise you to hear that when Kelly explained why Hitler was, you know, bad, Trump didn't really have a comeback for that. *** Comedy Central The Daily Show 10/23/2024 11:05 PM ET MICHAEL KOSTA: Let me just back up here a second. That word "Fascism" gets thrown around a lot. It's one of those words you hear frequently, but you don't actually know what it means, like "Emoluments" or "Demure." So, let me give you a definition. Fascism is a nationalist political movement that builds a cult around an all-powerful leader who vows to protect his loyal subjects from racially inferior "others" and the enemy within. Now that you know that, upon hearing John Kelly calling Trump a fascist, you're probably thinking, "Yeah, durrr." By the way, Kelly isn't even the only general who served with Trump who feels this way.  General Milley, Trump's chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, also said Trump is a "Fascist to the core." General Mattis, General McMaster, both Trump cabinet officials, have said Trump violated the constitution. And keep in mind, these guys were the adults in the room in the first Trump administration, keeping Trump from going full dictator. And they're not going to be there the second time around. Maybe it's just me, but I'm not ready to put the future of American democracy in the hands of Secretary of Defense My Pillow Guy. But it gets even crazier! It gets crazier! Because according to John Kelly, Trump's such a fascist that he even has an all-time favorite dictator. And if you're thinking, "No, no, it can't be..." Uh, yes, it can. JOHN KELLY: He would -- he commented more than once that, you know, that Hitler did some good things, too.  KOSTA: Yeah, Hitler did some good things. I mean, after all, he killed himself. Do we clap at that? Are we—seriously, Trump, Hitler never did anything good! He even sucked at waving. Like, dude, God gave you elbows, use them! That's how I wave.  But what Kelly explained in an interview with the Atlantic magazine is that what Trump really loved about Hitler was how he surrounded himself with yes men. Or as they say in Germany, "Ja men." *** NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 10/23/2024 11:37 PM ET JIMMY FALLON: Some political news, well, guys, the big story today is that Trump's former White House chief of staff went on record to detail how Trump often said, quote, "Hitler did some good things." Trump made it worse today when he said, "Oops, mein bad." And you go, "Ooh, don't --"  This is the first election where reporters have to ask, "Who'd you root for when you watched Saving Private Ryan?" Yeah. Right now Kamala Harris is thinking, "Seriously, how are we still tied? What is going on?"

Pro-lifers have been thrown behind bars for peacefully protesting the killing of unborn babies at abortion clinics, and Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” has seen it for what it is. It’s the persecution of Christians, which she explained in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) as “the least of these.” “‘The least of these’ is referring to persecuted Christians, not the poor. So, I’m voting for the set of policies that will best protect the truly least of these: Jack Phillips, Joan Bell, David Daleiden & other believers who have had their lives ruined by progressive activists. No chance I could vote for the party that routinely targets Christians for harassment, discrimination & lawfare,” Stuckey wrote. “I hear a lot from Christians who are voting Democrat that they are voting for the least of these, they are voting for the most vulnerable, they’re voting for the poor, and they see the Democrat Party as the party that is helping these communities,” she says. However, Stuckey believes these Democrats are outsourcing their compassion to the government. And that’s impossible, as even under the current administration that talks as if it champions the poor, you will go to jail if you can’t afford to pay your taxes. While her criticism of Democrat voting was a sound one, Russell Moore, the editor in chief of Christianity Today, went so far as to call her a “Nazi.” “If one is embarrassed by the miracles or morality of Jesus, one can always demythologize him with all the fervor of a 19th-century German scholar. If one is embarrassed by the compassion or empathy of Jesus, one can demythologize him there too, with all the frenzy of a 20th-century German soldier,” Moore wrote in a recent article. Moore went on to say that “when confronted with the suffering of human beings around you, making the point that those who are suffering are less than ‘the least of these’ is no argument at all.” “He is presupposing that I am arguing that Christians are never to care for the poor, or that the Bible never tells us to care for the poor, or that Jesus never tells us to care for the poor. That was not my argument. That is not even close to what I said,” Stuckey says. “Russell Moore is saying that because of this interpretation,” she continues, “that I am like these soldiers that put Jewish children into gas chambers. Like I just want us to really feel the weight of his words there, because just because you are good at words, just because you are a wordsmith, doesn’t mean that you can throw out comparisons to a 20th-century German soldier flippantly.” “I just want to sit in this for a second. He just likened me, a mom of three, trying to navigate the craziness of our culture, which with as much clarity and courage as God can give me, someone that he disagrees with politically and I guess theologically, to a soldier who placed innocent Jewish children and babies in concentration camps.” “That’s how Russell Moore, the editor in chief of Christianity Today, functions, argues, disagrees with a believer,” she adds. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Kamala Harris' Potemkin town hall with Liz Cheney Monday in Michigan was not the winning performance her campaign was likely banking on. She had yet another opportunity this week, however, to convince voters that she deserves their vote and to do so without tossing more word salads. Unfortunately for the vice president, her CNN town hall in Aston, Pennsylvania, Wednesday was an unmitigated disaster — with even friendly talking heads and former Obama adviser David Axelrod hinting as much. Former Trump campaign adviser David Urban told CNN's Van Jones, "Republicans would take another hour of Kamala Harris. We just press play and let her keep going. We'd pay for another hour ... let her keep not answering the questions." The Trump campaign has already turned at least one of Harris' responses from the town hall into a mock ad. While Harris spokesman Ian Sams later claimed his boss "isn't afraid of voters or real questions," the vice president dodged questions about the border wall, Israel, raising taxes, decriminalizing border crossings, subsidizing benefits for illegal aliens, expanding and stacking the U.S. Supreme Court, expensive groceries, and banning fracking. 'It's nothing, nothing, nothing.' "What I'm hearing from people who I've been talking to," CNN host Dana Bash noted afterward, "is that if her goal was to close the deal, they're not sure she did that." "On the question of who she is, people are understanding that a little bit more," continued Bash. "But what she will do, the question about her legislative priorities — 'name one' — there wasn't one." CNN panelist Scott Jennings noted, "She's a true double threat. She's terrible on her feet when she gets unexpected questions, and simultaneously, she can't even answer the expected questions. It's nothing, nothing, nothing." When Harris did decide to provide answers, they were frequently labyrinthine and borderline nonsensical. Democratic strategist and former Obama adviser David Axelrod told his fellow CNN panelists, "The thing that would concern me is when she doesn't want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to word salad city, and she did that on a couple of answers." When CNN's Anderson Cooper asked, "Is there something you can point to in your life — political life or in your life from the last four years — that you think is a mistake that you have learned from?" Harris responded: I mean, I've made many mistakes. And they range from, you know — if you've ever parented a child, you know you make lots of mistakes too. In my role as vice president, I mean I probably worked very hard at making sure that I am well versed on issues, and I think that is very important. It's a mistake not to be well versed on an issue and feel compelled to answer a question. Axelrod noted that Harris also said a whole a lot about nothing in particular when asked about Israel. "Anderson asked a direct question, would you be stronger on Israel than Trump? And there was a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking," said Axelrod. "And so, you know, on certain questions like that, on immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration's policies." When Anderson asked Harris whether she regretted working with President Joe Biden to eliminate Trump's effective border policies and open the floodgates, Harris said, "I think we did the right thing." "And that's a mistake," continued Axelrod. "Sometimes you have to concede things, and she didn't concede much." Instead of intelligibility and policy, Harris appeared focused on attacking President Donald Trump, who has begun eclipsing her in the polls. Not only did she employ the kind of incendiary rhetoric that set the stage for two known assassination attempts, at one point Harris indicated that she thinks her opponent is a fascist. Jake Tapper said, "[Harris] focused a lot more on Donald Trump, I think it's fair to say, than she did on many specifics in terms of what she would do as president." Harris' abysmal performance caused some supporters to melt down online. Former Vox associate editor and journalist Aaron Rupar tweeted, "The Kamala Harris town hall was fine. She's more than capable. Vote against the fascist, for god's sake. The end." Blaze News senior editor Cortney Weil responded to Rupar, "'She's good enough! She's smart enough! And gosh darn it, Trump's a fascist.'" Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

More voters across the seven battlegrounds trust former President Donald Trump to handle democracy over Vice President Kamala Harris, even as she repeatedly labels her Republican opponent a "fascist," according to a recent poll from the Washington Post. Trump holds a three-point advantage over Harris on handling threats to democracy, according to the poll released Wednesday. At the same time, Harris and her party have incessantly hammered Trump for being a "fascist," a "threat to democracy," and even likening him to Hitler over the course of the campaign.Although Harris is favored to handle social issues like abortion and health care, she is underwater on key issues like crime and immigration, according to the poll.This trend remains true across undecided voters across key states, with 32% saying they trust Trump to handle democracy while 28% said the same for Harris, according to the poll. Over a quarter of uncommitted voters in these states said they don't trust either candidate. The issue of democracy ranks relatively high to swing-state voters, with 61% overall saying it is extremely important, including 71% of Democrats, 61% of Republicans, and 55% of independents, according to the poll. Trump is also favored to handle top issues among swing-state voters. Inflation and the economy have consistently ranked as top priorities, with 66% and 65%, respectively, saying it is "extremely important" to their vote for president, according to the poll. Trump is trusted over Harris 49% to 33% to handle inflation and 51% to 36% to handle the economy. This disparity is likely attributable to the Biden-Harris administration's handling of the economy over the last three and a half years. The majority of key-state voters, 58%, said the economy is getting worse, while just 21% said it stayed the same and 21% said it got better, according to the poll. Although Harris is favored to handle social issues like abortion and health care, she is underwater on key issues like crime and immigration, according to the poll. Trump polls at 45% trust to handle crime, while Harris trails at 35%. Similarly, 52% of battleground voters trust Trump to handle immigration, while just 33% said the same for Harris. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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