Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday labeled Donald Trump a “fascist” after the former president suggested using the military to respond to “the enemy from within” in reference to what he described as “radical left lunatics.”
Walz told hundreds of supporters at a convention center in Green Bay that Trump’s suggestion of using the National Guard or the US military to respond to political opposition “makes me sick to my stomach.”
“We’ll let the lawyers decide if what he said was treason. But what I know is, it’s a call for violence, plain and simple, and it’s pretty damn un-American, if you ask me,” Walz said.
“If anybody wants to pretend that this is a normal conversation that Donald Trump is having,, just dispel that. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said no one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump and he is a fascist to his core,” Walz said. “Let that sink in, and don’t be a damn bit afraid of saying it, because that’s exactly who he is. That’s exactly who he is.”
Some context: Trump suggested using the military to handle what he called “the enemy from within” on Election Day during an interview on Fox News, saying that he isn’t worried about chaos from his supporters or foreign actors, but instead from “radical left lunatics.”
