Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to share his perspective on the recent comments made by Democrats likening former President Donald Trump (R) to Adolf Hitler. The idea of opposing political candidates being compared to the German dictator isn’t unheard of but unprecedented when it comes directly from the other candidate.
After former Trump Chief of Staff and retired Marine Corps General John Kelly told the New York Times that the former president meets the “definition of a fascist,” Vice President Kamala Harris (D) took the opportunity to draw the correlation.
Donald Trump is out for unchecked power. He wants a military like Adolf Hitler had, who will be loyal to him, not our Constitution.
He is unhinged, unstable, and given a second term, there would be no one to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses. https://t.co/v4f8HbhmGU
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 23, 2024
“Donald Trump is out for unchecked power. He wants a military like Adolf Hitler had, who will be loyal to him, not our Constitution,” said VP Harris. “He is unhinged, unstable, and given a second term, there would be no one to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses.”
In response, Sen. Rubio said, “No one believes these things” and that the accusatory rhetoric lofted at Trump hasn’t worked since he jumped into politics.
These people that once worked for Trump now call him a fascist because they wanted to land big money from corporate boards, speaking fees and university teaching jobspic.twitter.com/9XO92FYSqD
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 27, 2024
“I mean literally, she's right back to being Joe Biden. She's using the exact same rhetoric that didn't work for him, the same attacks they've been using against Trump now for like, eight years,” said Sen. Rubio. “No one believes these things.”
Sen. Rubio continued, declaring that those who worked with Trump and are now speaking out against him are solely doing so because it allows them to gain employment in influential positions.
“You talk about people that work for the President. Look, these are people that worked in the administration or around the administration, and then they figured out pretty quickly, if we want jobs after we leave this administration, we have to become anti-Trumpers. You think Mark Milley winds up the teaching at Princeton, teaching at Georgetown, on the Speakers Bureau, advising JP Morgan; you don't get hired for those jobs unless you pronounce yourself anti-Trump and say things against Trump. So you have to go out and say these sorts of things in order to be able to be employable, because corporate America and all these other interests won't hire you if you used to work for or around Trump,” said Rubio.
The Florida senator concluded by asking why the former Trump administrators didn’t leave the White House if sincere fascist rhetoric was being touted by the president, and also asked why this is coming out now.
“So there's a financial incentive here for these people when they come out and say these things. And my last point that I want to make about this is how interesting that these claims that were made this week pop up with a week and a half to go before the election … why didn't you stand up and walk out of that White House or that administration the moment you heard those terms. Why didn't you say that at the time and not wait until after the fact?” said Rubio. “Those are questions are never going to get asked because this is entirely a political hit job where these people are trying to elevate themselves, to become more employable and be able to make more money.”
Americans will vote on Nov. 5 to decide who will enter the White House on Jan. 20.
