McConnell says calling Trump fascist encourages another assassin to ‘finish the job’ | 25 Oct 2024 | Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday warned that Kamala Harris is “inviting” another assassination attempt against Donald Trump by calling him a fascist. “The man who was caught waiting in ambush in Florida left others with a chilling call to arms: ‘It is up to you now to finish the job.’ Labeling a political opponent as a ‘fascist,’ risks inviting yet another would-be assassin to try robbing voters of their choice before Election Day,” the Republicans wrote in a joint statement. “Vice President [sic] Harris may want the American people to entrust her with the sacred duty of executive authority. But first, she must abandon the base and rhetoric that endangers both American lives and institutions.”