New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed a different view on Saturday regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’s characterization of former President Donald Trump as a fascist.

Adams, joined by Deputy Mayor Chauncey Parker, NYPD interim commissioner Tom Donlon, and other NYPD leaders, was speaking at a security briefing ahead of Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, the Daily Caller reported.

Adams, when asked by Politico political reporter Emily Ngo if he believed Trump was fascist, said, “My answer is ‘no.’ I know what Hitler has done, and I know what a fascist regime looks like.”

Adams also claimed some political leaders in New York City had “hurled” the terms “fascist” and “Hitler” at him.

“I think — as I’ve called over and over again — that the level of conversation — I think we could all dial down the temperature,” he continued.

“There’s no agency in the world better prepared to ensure the safety of this event than the NYPD,” Parker added.

Adams also responded to far-left authoritarian critics who have demanded that Trump not be allowed to hold a rally at the historic venue: “I strongly disagree. This is America, this is New York and I think it’s important that we allow individuals to exercise their right to get their message clear to New Yorkers. And our job as a city and as a police department is to make sure that you do that in a peaceful way.”

He added: “I think that we must be extremely cautious of— the heat we turn up today, pre-election, is going to have to be the heat we’re going to have to govern in.”

During a Wednesday presidential town hall event, Harris, when asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper whether she thought Trump was a fascist, said, “Yes, I do. Yes, I do. And I also believe that the people who know him best on this subject should be trusted.”