Harris called Trump a 'fascist.' Experts debate what fascism is -- and isn't

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Paxton, a former Columbia University professor and author of The Anatomy of Fascism, was previously only convinced that Trump bore some staples of fascism.
40% : What we're witnessing with Trump is "far more dangerous because it can sit in a democracy," in his view.
38% : A recent NPR investigation found more than 100 instances in which Trump has said his opponents, critics and private citizens should be investigated, prosecuted, jailed or otherwise punished.
29% : " For Kelly, the highest-profile Trump-era official to publicly denounce the former president, it was these comments that moved him speak out against Trump, he said in an interview with the Times.
29% : Jason Stanley, who is a philosophy professor at Yale University and author of How Fascism Works, said Trump is also targeting the same people Hitler did.
28% : "Trump is dangerous not because he's a fascist," he said, "but because he is systematically trying to destroy the fundamental principles of liberal democracy -- freedom of speech, and respect for experts and open mindedness -- all this stuff which is fundamental to healthy democracy all over the world."
21% : In a Times interview published last week, he confirmed that he was no longer opposed to calling Trump a fascist after the Capitol siege.

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