Fox host confronts Marco Rubio if he thinks Kelly and Milley are ‘lying’

Fox News host Shannon Bream confronted Sen Marco Rubioa Florida RepublicanSunday about whether he is thinking about it Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly and his former chief military adviser Mark Milley “lied” when they said the former president was a “fascist.”

Bream further asked Rubio, a staunch supporter of Trump Fox News Sunday“Do you think people like (retired U.S. Army) General Milley, like (retired U.S. Marine general) John Kelly lie?”

‘Yes. I do,” the senator replied. “Let’s say you don’t want to call them a liar. I would say it is very questionable to see these accusations coming at the last minute, right before the election.”

Newsweek On Sunday afternoon, he reached out to Rubio’s office and Trump’s campaign via email for comment. Georgetown University was also contacted by email Sunday afternoon for comment from Milley, a distinguished fellow staying there. Newsweek could not find a contact for Kelly.

Earlier this week, Kelly, Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said this The New York Times that Trump met the definition of a “fascist” based on his experiences with the former president. He also said Trump told him that “(Adolf) Hitler did some good things.”

In response, Trump communications director Steven Cheung called Kelly’s accounts of his experiences in the Trump administration “debunked stories” and said Kelly had “called himself out.”

Kelly’s comments come after The Independent and other media outlets reported that Milley, who was nominated by Trump in 2018 to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Trump “fascist to the core” after it was included in legendary journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, War.

Cheung told me earlier Newsweek in response to Milley’s comments that the retired general is a “woke train wreck” and that “it’s no surprise that he associates with a washed-up fiction writer like Bob Woodward to spread lies and misinformation.”

Following Kelly’s comments, Vice President Kamala Harristhe Democratic candidate, was asked on one CNN town hall by host Anderson Cooper earlier this month: “Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?” To which Harris replied, “Yes, I do. Yes, I do.”

During his Sunday interview appearance on Fox News, Rubio questioned Milley and Kelly’s motives for their comments, suggesting it was to secure jobs after their work in the administration.

“These are people who worked in the (Trump) administration or around the administration and they figured it out pretty quickly: If we want jobs after we leave this administration, we have to become anti-Trumpers,” the senator said.

He continued, “If you really believed, as some of these people claim, that Donald Trump is all these horrible things – Nazi, fascist, all those crazy terms they throw around – then why didn’t you get up and walk away? Why did you say that at the time and not wait until afterwards?

On ABC News’ This week on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Grahama Republican from South Carolina and another Trump ally, defended the character and leadership style of the former presidentto co-host Jonathan Karl: “He was a strong leader on the things that matter most, whether you like him or not is up to you. He’s not a fascist, he’s not Hitler.”

He added that these retired generals are “trying to scare Americans that this man (Trump) cannot solve the problems we need to solve.” I reject that. I was there too. I was near him. I don’t think he’s a fascist. I think he will be a strong president to get this country back on track, to revive our economy, to secure our borders and put out fires.”