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Kamala Harris warned Americans Tuesday night that Donald Trump will open the floodgates of revenge against his political opponents, including ordinary Americans, while pledging to work for the American people.
“In 90 days, either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office,” Harris said from the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., her campaign claimed, looking back at the White House. He spoke while explaining the content. “Final argument” speech.
“On day one if elected, Donald Trump will walk into the Oval Office with a list of enemies. If elected, he will walk into the Oval Office with a to-do list full of priorities about what he will do for the American people. I’m going to work.”
On January 6, 2021, standing in the spot where President Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell” just before ransacking the Capitol, Harris said this election was about fighting for the freedoms he promised to protect. He said it was an existential choice between “confusion and division.” She said she plans to follow Trump back to the White House.
“Donald Trump intends to use the U.S. military against American citizens who simply disagree with him, people he calls the ‘enemy from within.’ “This is not a presidential candidate thinking about how to make his life better,” Harris said. “This is a man who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, obsessed with grievances, and seeking unchecked power.”
Ms. Harris, who spoke for about 30 minutes from the Ellipse, compared her policy plan to Mr. Trump’s and described herself as the former president’s foil: Medicare, which covers home health care, a program that Mr. Trump has sought to cut. He pretended to be an expansion president, a president who expanded Medicare. Despite being a president who supports women’s reproductive rights, President Trump will further restrict women’s reproductive rights. Trump likes confrontation, but he is a president who values compromise.
“In our democracy, we don’t have to agree on everything. That’s not the American way,” Harris said. “We like a good debate, and the fact that someone disagrees with us does not make them an ‘enemy from within.’ They are family members, neighbors, classmates, and colleagues. ”
“It’s easy to forget the simple truth,” she added. “It doesn’t have to be this way.”
100 days after President Joe Biden announced he would not run for re-election, Harris continued to hold Biden at arm’s length in her remarks. Harris said it was an “honor” to serve as Biden’s vice president. But that does not define her administration or her goals for it.
“My presidency will be different because the challenges we face will be different,” Harris said. “Our top priority as a nation four years ago was to end the pandemic and save our economy.Currently, our biggest challenge is to reduce costs, but even before the pandemic costs It has risen and remains too high.”
Immediately after finishing his remarks, Biden was forced to clean up remarks he had made on a get-out-the-vote call that evening, prompting immediate backlash from many who interpreted it as calling Trump supporters “trash.” caused.
Harris on Tuesday sought to connect her personal story to how she leads the country, a vice presidential campaign in which many Americans are still campaigning in an incredibly shortened time frame. This reflects the fact that he wants to know more about her. schedule.
Although her speech did not provide any further policy details, she reiterated that her background as a child of immigrants prepared her to make her promise a reality. did.
“Ever since I can remember, I’ve always had an instinct to protect. There’s something about people being treated unfairly or ignored that really hits home,” Harris said. “That’s what my mother instilled in me: the willingness to hold accountable those who use their wealth and power to take advantage of others.”
