Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg swiftly hit again at Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Sunday after he was requested whether or not Donald Trump is a “fascist.”
Cavuto, in an interview with Buttigieg, claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris known as Trump a “fascist” with out mentioning that she agreed to the outline after John Kelly — the previous president’s longest-serving chief of employees — used the label for his ex-boss.
“That’s no strategy to break bread and make peace,” Cavuto added.
“She mentioned that she didn’t disagree together with his chief of employees who mentioned that, someone who is aware of him nicely. And once more —,” mentioned Buttigieg of Kelly, a retired U.S. Marine Corps normal.
“Do you suppose — do you suppose that, mayor, that Donald Trump is a fascist. Do you suppose he’s that?” the Fox News host requested.
“I don’t suppose that Common Kelly is flawed, he is aware of Donald Trump significantly better than I do and I’d not contradict Common Kelly in his evaluation of his former boss,” Buttigieg replied.
Moments earlier, Cavuto famous efforts by Buttigieg — a Harris marketing campaign surrogate — to succeed in out to Republicans in areas “not usually seen as a blue wall bastion” reminiscent of Midland, Texas.
He additional pointed to Buttigieg’s call with billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, who implied on X that FEMA was shutting down airways to forestall Hurricane Helene restoration efforts.
Cavuto claimed that Harris hasn’t made comparable efforts to speak with conservatives and requested if the vp will “remorse” such a technique.
“I’m undecided if I can agree with the premise of that query,” replied Buttigieg, who famous that he hasn’t seen one other Democratic presidential candidate pledge to include Republicans in their cabinet and invited “outstanding” GOP officers to campaign with her.
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The transportation secretary later famous that Individuals have by no means seen a former president’s chief of employees or his vp not help him.
“And by the identical token, we’ve by no means seen a Democrat have that many Republicans who do help her,” he mentioned.
“However I feel an important factor is the distinction within the closing message between him speaking about turning weapons on individuals who disagree with them and her saying that if you happen to’re a Republican, you’ll have a seat on the desk in my administration.”
