Trump: 'I'm not a Nazi. I'm the opposite of a Nazi.'

(JTA) — Speaking at a campaign rally in Georgia on Monday night, Donald Trump said the Kamala Harris campaign was painting him and his supporters as Nazis, a charge he rejected forcefully.

“I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump said to cheers.

The comments, which come a week before Election Day, represent an unusual statement by a presidential candidate. They also represent the latest fallout since Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, last week said in on-the-record interviews that Trump had expressed admiration for Hitler’s generals and “falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.”

Democrats have seized on the allegations, repeating them in campaign ads and appearances and projecting “Trump Praised Hitler” on the outer walls of Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday night as Trump held a rally there.

The Trump campaign has rejected the allegations and emphasized Trump’s pro-Israel record, a major part of its message to American Jews. It also released an ad last week featuring a Holocaust survivor who said Harris should apologize to his murdered family members for calling Trump a fascist.