{"id":2358586,"date":"2024-10-23T21:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-harris-speech-on-trump-inspires-assassins-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T21:17:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:17:34","slug":"rfk-jr-says-harris-speech-on-trump-inspires-assassins-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-harris-speech-on-trump-inspires-assassins-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. says Harris speech on Trump &#8216;inspires assassins&#8217;- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-says-harris-speech-on-trump-inspires-assassins-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2358586&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert F. Kennedy\u2063 Jr. criticized Vice\u2064 President \u200bKamala \u200cHarris for her\u200b recent speech in \u2064which she compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, \u2064asserting that \u200dsuch \u200binflammatory rhetoric \u2063could &#8220;inspire\u200b assassins.&#8221; Kennedy&#8217;s\u2064 comments appeared\u2064 in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, where \u2063he condemned\u200b the &#8220;poison&#8221; that divides the nation. Harris \u2064made\u2064 her remarks while\u2063 discussing Trump&#8217;s desire\u200d for a military \u2062loyal\u2063 to him instead of the Constitution and suggested that, if elected, he might use the \u2063military for personal vendettas. Kennedy pointed out the irony in the Biden administration&#8217;s\u2063 recent\u200c Defense Department directive, which he claims gives the Pentagon unprecedented power to use lethal force against\u200b Americans protesting \u200cgovernment policies, although no evidence has surfaced to support the claim that this directive actually authorizes such actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RFK Jr. says Harris speech on Trump &lsquo;inspires assassins&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1843775\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> said that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">speech drawing parallels<\/a> between former President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler &ldquo;inspires assassins.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This is the kind of inflammatory poison that divides our nation and inspires assassins,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1849189689623806079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he said in a post on X<\/a>, quoting a video of Harris&rsquo;s impromptu speech on Wednesday where she compared Trump to the once-Nazi leader.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While Donald Trump was president, he said he wanted generals like Adolf Hitler had,&rdquo; Harris said, citing a recent&nbsp;<em>Atlantic<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/10\/trump-military-generals-hitler\/680327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a>. &ldquo;Donald Trump said that because he does not want a military that is loyal to the United States Constitution. 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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris also remarked that if elected, Trump would use the military as &ldquo;his personal militia to carry out his personal and political vendettas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president has fiercely denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his post, Kennedy said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s particularly ironic since Biden\/Harris have just pushed through DoD Directive 5240.01 giving the Pentagon power &mdash; for the first time in history &mdash; to use lethal force to kill Americans on U.S. soil who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-democrats-keep-choosing-name-calling-over-debate-violence-becomes-inevitable\/\" title=\"When Democrats Keep Choosing Name-Calling Over Debate, Violence Becomes Inevitable\">protest government policies<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the kind of inflammatory poison that divides our nation and inspires assassins. It&rsquo;s particularly ironic since Biden\/Harris have just pushed through DoD Directive 5240.01 giving the Pentagon power &mdash; for the first time in history &mdash; to use lethal force to kill Americans on&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svi4LesHxa\">https:\/\/t.co\/svi4LesHxa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1849189689623806079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense&rsquo;s Directive 5240.01 was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cip.uw.edu\/2024\/10\/18\/rumors-defense-department-directive-5240-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued<\/a> in 2007 but was updated in September 2024. The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>could not find evidence that the updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esd.whs.mil\/portals\/54\/documents\/dd\/issuances\/dodd\/524001p.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>directive<\/a> authorized &ldquo;lethal force to kill Americans on U.S. soil who protest government policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Previous social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nataliegwinters\/status\/1841885067385172464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rumors<\/a> spread regarding a specific passage in the directive that was changed between 2020 and 2024. The passage was changed from &ldquo;Under no circumstances shall any DoD Component or DoD employee engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination&rdquo; to &ldquo;No DoD civilian employee or member of the Armed Forces will engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Neither directive authorizes personnel to engage or conspire to engage in assassination. Rumors spread that the directive did.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the DOD for comment on Kennedy&rsquo;s claim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reporting that Harris referenced regarded an allegation that Trump wondered why his generals weren&rsquo;t as loyal as Hitler&rsquo;s. John Kelly, Trump&rsquo;s former chief of staff, commented that he was surprised at Trump&rsquo;s comments, asking him if he meant a different former German leader whose generals were indeed staunchly loyal to him.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign has seized upon the article and used it to blast Trump repeatedly since its release on Tuesday. Her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), did the same earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1843775\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1843775\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RFK Jr. claims Harris&#8217;s Trump comparison &#8216;inspires assassins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2358588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-RFK-Election-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,32458,3634],"class_list":["post-2358586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-rfk-jr","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Trump-RFK-Election-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2358586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2358586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2358586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2358586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}