Former President Donald Trump suggested during an interview on Sunday that the National Guard or military could be used on Election Day to stop potential chaos.
Trump shared his thoughts while on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” shooting down President Biden’s concerns about Election Day not being peaceful due to foreign adversaries getting involved.
Trump said his feelings are misplaced, saying, “the bigger problem is the enemy from within, not even the people that have come in and destroyed our country.”
“I think the bigger problem are the people from within,” Trump said. “We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics.”
He then went on to suggest that utilizing the nation’s troops could solve any potential issues.
“And I think it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by the National Guard or, if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen,” Trump said.
The remarks from Trump come as the election draws ever closer, now sitting just three weeks away.
Harris’s campaign responded to his comments on Sunday, with campaign senior adviser and senior spokesperson Ian Sams saying Trump’s words should “alarm every American who cares about their freedom and security.”
“Donald Trump is suggesting that his fellow Americans are worse ‘enemies’ than foreign adversaries, and he is saying he would use the military against them,” Sams said in a statement. “Taken with his vow to be a dictator on ‘day one,’ calls for the ‘termination’ of the Constitution, and plans to surround himself with sycophants who will give him unchecked, unprecedented power if he returns to office, this should alarm every American who cares about their freedom and security. What Donald Trump is promising is dangerous, and returning him to office is simply a risk Americans cannot afford.”