Kamala Harris Says Trump’s Xenophobic Immigrant Comments Have ‘Rightly’ Been Compared To Hitler

“It is language that is meant to divide. It is language that I think people have rightly found similar to the language of Hitler,” Harris said.

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s recent xenophobic remarks on immigration have “rightly” been compared to the language of Adolf Hitler.

Trump came under fire this week after a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, where he told the crowd that immigrants are “pouring” into the U.S. and “poisoning the blood of our country.”

In an interview with MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday, Harris shared her thoughts on the former president’s inflammatory remarks, especially as a child of immigrant parents.

“It is language that is meant to divide. It is language that I think people have rightly found similar to the language of Hitler,” Harris said, referencing criticisms brought up by President Joe Biden’s campaign this week. “I think it’s just critically important that we remind each other, including our children, that the true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who they beat down, but who they lift up.”

She continued: “Sadly, I think that there’s something perverse that has happened in our country over the last many years, which is to suggest that strength looks like a bully when in fact, the real character of a leader is someone who has empathy, who has some level of concern and care for the suffering of other people and then does something to alleviate that suffering.”