The second trap was a comment that General (ret.) John Kelly attributed to Trump, in which Kelly alleged Trump yearned to have a personal cadre of military staffers like German dictator Adolf Hitler.

And on Wednesday afternoon, it wasn't just the media that hoped to make Americans, many of whom are already voting across the country, turn away in disgust from Trump--Vice President Kamala Harris used the opportunity of her first press conference as the Democrat Party presidential nominee to sling the dirt Kelly threw out as wide as possible: //

Now, high-ranking members of the Trump administration are denouncing not only Gen. Kelly and his vicious falsehood against former Pres. Trump, but VP Harris for taking part in the charade. Nick Ayers, who served as former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, shared in a post on X that he had up to this point held off on responding to "intra-staff leaks or rumors or even lies," but this was the final straw:

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I’ve avoided commenting on intra-staff leaks or rumors or even lies as it relates to my time at the White House but General Kelly’s comments regarding President Trump are too egregious to ignore. I was with each of them more than most, and his commentary is patently false.
2:32 PM · Oct 23, 2024

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Vice President Harris is a fraud. I was in the White House at a senior level much longer than General Kelly. He is complicit in this fraud and has lied to the American people. His lies, as well as John Bolton's, are a disservice to Nation at this critical time. So are the VP's.
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Vice President Harris: “Trump said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had. He wants a military that is not loyal to the Constitution, but loyal to him... This is a window into who Donald Trump really is from the people who know him best”
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1:41 PM · Oct 23, 2024