Harris accuses Trump of seeking 'unchecked power,' being 'unhinged and unstable'

"It is clear from John Kelly's words that Donald Trump is someone who, I quote, 'certainly falls into the general definition of fascists,' who in fact vowed to be a dictator on day one and vowed to use the military as his personal militia to carry out his personal and political vendettas," Harris said. "Donald Trump is increasingly unhinged and unstable, and in a second term, people like John Kelly would not be there to be the guardrails against his propensities and his actions." 

"Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution," Harris said Wednesday. "He wants a military that is loyal to him. He wants a military who will be loyal to him personally, one that will obey his orders, even when he tells them to break the law or abandon their oath to the Constitution of the United States." 

"Those who once tried to stop him from pursuing his worst impulses would no longer be there, and no longer be there to rein him in," Harris said of Trump possibly being re-elected on Nov. 5. "The bottom line is this: We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants unchecked power. The question in 13 days will be, what do the American people want?" 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump campaign for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

Kash Patel, who served several roles in the Trump administration, reacted to Harris' remarks, defending the 45th president's record as commander-in-chief after Kelly's disparaging interviews. 

"They want to call him Hitler and print out more disinformation," Patel said. "I guess that's all they got because Kamala Harris could have brought the hostages home right now in Israel from a war she started with $7 billion she gave to Iran, and she hasn't brought home any of them. She started two more world wars." 

Patel said he observed Trump "withdraw out of multiple theatres of conflict," "a commander-in-chief who brought home over 50 hostages and detainees from around the world, more than any president before him combined," and how Trump attended almost every dignified transfer and "spent countless hours with the families of the fallen" and give them the needed financial assistance. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.