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Melania Trump responds to claims comparing husband to Hitler

Melania Trump responds to claims comparing husband to Hitler

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Former first lady Melania Trump rejected claims that her husband praised Adolf Hitler on Fox & Friends Tuesday.

She came to Donald Trump’s defense after former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said The Atlantic Ocean And The New York Times that Trump had praised Hitler and Nazi Germany during his time in office.

When the former first lady joined her husband on stage at one Madison Square Garden meeting On Sunday, the Democratic National Committee in New York projected the words “Trump praised Hitler” onto the outside of the arena.

“It’s terrible,” she said Tuesday. “He’s not Hitler.”

During a CNN town hall WednesdayVice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris called the former president a “fascist.” Kelly also said during his interviews that the GOP nominee falls “in the common definition” of one.

“It couldn’t be further from the truth,” the former president said told Fox News Thursday. “It’s actually quite the opposite.”

Fascism is a political ideology and movement that uses racism, a cult of personality that guarantees the absolute power of its leader, and encourages violence against political enemies.

Despite the heated rhetoric, the former first lady said the Trump family is “feeling good” a week before Election Day on Nov. 5. two murder attemptsthis campaign cycle feels like 2016 — the last time her husband won the White House.

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