Harris paints Trump as a national threat in testy Fox News interview

Trump is "unfit to serve," Harris said.

ByWill McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow ABCNews logo
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 10:49PM
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DETROIT -- Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday hammered former President Donald Trump as thin-skinned and a threat to U.S. democracy in a fiery interview with Fox News.

Harris raised Trump's recent rhetoric about the "enemy within" and threats to use the military to go after political opponents on Election Day and supposed chaos to suggest that he's unfit for a second term in office, adding that it is "clear to me" that Trump is "unfit to serve, that he is unstable, that he is dangerous."

"You and I both know that he has talked about turning the American military on the American people. He has talked about going after people who are engaged in peaceful protest. He has talked about locking people up because they disagree with him," Harris told Fox News anchor Brett Baier.

"This is a democracy, and in a democracy the president of the United States in the United States of America, should be willing to be able to handle criticism without saying he'd lock people up for doing it," she said.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a stop at Cred Cafe, a local Detroit small business owned by former NBA players Joe and Jamal Crawford, in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a stop at Cred Cafe, in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
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