Retired members of the U.S. military echoed retired Marine Gen. John Kelly’s warnings about former President Donald Trump in a press conference on Wednesday, saying that the Republican candidate will “rule like a dictator” if he wins in a second term.

“The people who worked most closely with Trump are telling you that he means it when he promises to rule as a dictator on day one and to terminate the Constitution,” retired U.S. Army Reserve Col. Kevin Carroll said in the press conference, which was organized by the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Carroll previously served in the Trump administration as an adviser to Kelly, who he called a “dedicated, measured public servant.”

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