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Robert Tait in Washington

Kamala Harris agrees that Donald Trump is a fascist: ‘Yes, we can say that’

a side-by-side image of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Kamala Harris has amped up her criticism of Donald Trump. Composite: AP, Getty Images

Kamala Harris has agreed that Donald Trump is a fascist in her most forthright statement yet in casting her presidential opponent as a potential autocrat harboring authoritarian visions should he return to the White House.

The US vice-president and Democratic nominee crossed a psychologically important boundary in addressing the issue of fascism in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God, an influential radio host whose audience reaches a predominantly Black audience of 8 million listeners monthly. The talk happened during a campaign stop in Detroit, the centre of a battle between the two candidates for the battleground state of Michigan.

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