Harris says Trump 'needs to be an autocrat' and tyrants are 'rooting' for him

Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “needs to be an autocrat,” as she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday night time.

“I can’t cozy as much as tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-Un, who’re rooting for Trump,” mentioned Harris.

“As a result of they know he’s straightforward to control with flattery and favors,” the vice chairman mentioned.

“They know Trump will not maintain autocrats accountable — as a result of he needs to be an autocrat,” Harris mentioned of her Republican opponent.

“As President, I’ll by no means waver in protection of America’s safety and beliefs.”

Shortly after Harris delivered these strains, Trump replied to her critique in a social media put up.

“The Tyrants are laughing at her, she’s weak and ineffective, and for 3 and a half years she has carried out nothing besides enabled them to get STRONG, RICH, and POWERFUL!” Trump wrote on Reality Social.

Harris’ sharp criticism of Trump’s properly documented admiration for dictators and autocrats hostile to U.S. pursuits constructed on a theme established earlier within the night time.

The conference’s speaker record on Thursday included a half-dozen veterans of the American navy and intelligence neighborhood. One after the other, they portrayed Trump as a risk to nationwide safety, and Harris as a staunch defender of America’s beliefs.

“I wish to discuss tonight about nationwide safety,” mentioned Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat from that state this fall.

“As a result of the selection in November is stark: America retreating from the world, or main the world. Trump needs to take us backwards,” mentioned Slotkin, a former Central Intelligence Company analyst who labored alongside the navy throughout three excursions in Iraq.

“He admires dictators, treats our mates as adversaries, and our adversaries as mates.”

“Do not give an inch to pretenders who wrap themselves within the flag, however spit within the face of the freedoms it represents,” she mentioned to extensive applause.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot and astronaut, mentioned, “As president, Trump skipped his intelligence briefings.”

“He was too busy sucking as much as dictators and dreaming of turning into one himself,” Kelly mentioned. “Trump thinks Individuals who’ve made the last word sacrifice are ‘suckers’ and ‘losers.’ If we fall for it once more, and make him commander-in-chief, the one suckers can be us.”

Kelly additionally mentioned that the threats america faces are too severe to danger one other time period within the White Home for Trump, who “the world laughs at.”

Leon Panetta, a former secretary of protection and director of the CIA, additionally issued a warning.

“Trump would abandon our allies and isolate America,” he mentioned. “We tried that within the Thirties. It was silly and harmful then. It’s silly and harmful now.”

He additionally quoted Republican former President Ronald Reagan, who mentioned, “Isolationism by no means was and by no means shall be a suitable response to tyrannical governments.”

Not like Reagan, “Trump tells tyrants like Putin they’ll do ‘regardless of the hell they need.'”

“Donald Trump doesn’t perceive the world. And he doesn’t perceive the service and sacrifice of our navy,” mentioned Panetta.

“Our fallen veterans aren’t suckers. They aren’t losers. They’re heroes.”