During the 2024 presidential election, when Kamala Harris called Donald Trump a “petty tyrant” or agreed with former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley that Trump was a “fascist,” Republicans called foul. Mitch McConnell, the then-Senate Republican leader, said that it would encourage a would-be assassin to “finish the job.”
But over the weekend, Trump raged against courts that have blocked his numerous executive actions as president, saying on X that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” The quote is reportedly attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, though it is unclear whether the French emperor actually said the quote.
