DNC chairman Jaime Harrison criticized former President Donald Trump for posting a picture of President Joe Biden tied up and silenced in a truck on Friday, telling MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart that “this shows who Trump really is.”
“He’s a broke, insignificant, easily offended wannabe dictator who’s calling for violence when he loses his election in November,” Harrison said, adding, “This is a man who is regularly encouraging political violence and people need to understand that these threats need to be taken seriously.”
“We should ensure that this man does not come anywhere close to returning to the White House,” he said.
The host and guest also talked about GOP-led attacks on reproductive rights in the United States. After Capehart asked if the concerns about reproductive rights will benefit Democrats in November, Harrison replied, “Well, Jonathan, we saw it in ruby red Alabama. We’ve seen it in Kentucky. We’ve seen it in Pennsylvania. We’ve seen it in Florida.”
“What Americans in every corner of the nation already know is that Trump and his MAGA extremists are devoted to taking away the procedures that allow women … to give birth, that they are fundamentally taking away women’s reproductive freedoms to control their own bodies,” Harrison said.
“You know, I’m 48 years old,” he continued. “And in my lifetime, we’ve been gaining rights up until this moment in which this right-wing Supreme Court took away women’s rights to control their bodies. And we know that this is a dangerous path, and we have to stop it. We have to stop it right here, and that is why this election is so important.”
Watch Harrison’s full interview in the video above.
