ABC News Host Hits Lindsey Graham With Brutal Reality Check On Trump’s ‘Fascist’ Attacks

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl checked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday for being “very critical” of retired generals who have worked under Donald Trump and are now warning that he is a “fascist.”
After Graham slammed the use of the term and said it “shows you how desperate this campaign is,” Karl showed several clips of the former president attacking Kamala Harris with the same word.
“We have a fascist person running who’s incompetent,” the GOP nominee said in one clip from August.
“She’s a Marxist, communist, fascist, socialist. She’s not actually a socialist, she’s gone past that,” he said in another clip from September.
Graham squirmed in response to the footage as he avoided acknowledging Trump’s use of the word “fascist.”
“Why don’t you ask me, do I think Kamala Harris is a fascist? No,” he said. “Do I think she’s a communist? No. I think she’s the most liberal person ever to be nominated by a major party. I think she’s ineffective. I think she’s incompetent.”
Karl went on to note that Trump’s attacks on Harris “come just as strong, maybe stronger” than the warnings from others about him.
“But you’re not, you’re not,” Graham said.
“We’re out of time,” Karl interjected.
“You’re not having Lindsey Graham call her a fascist, she’s just incompetent and incapable and would be a lousy president,” Graham added.
The exchange on “This Week” comes after John Kelly, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said the GOP nominee meets the definition of a fascist and that he spoke about wanting Adolf Hitler’s generals.
Retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, also described the former president as a “total fascist” who is “now the most dangerous person to this country” while speaking with Bob Woodward for the journalist’s upcoming book.
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