WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris called a rally Tuesday that drew thousands of voters to the site where the former president spoke to the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, calling the Donald Trump era “a page.” He called on Americans to “turn over the pages.”
On a chilly fall night a week before Election Day, the Democratic candidate criticized his Republican rival as “volatile, revenge-obsessed, frustrated and unchecked power-hungry.” She vowed to listen to everyone, including “those who disagree with me,” and govern as a pragmatist.
“He has said one of his top priorities is to free the violent extremists who assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6,” Harris said. “Donald Trump intends to use the United States 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. ”
Seven days before polls close, and 100 days after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race and pushed her to the top, Harris appeared on the oval against a backdrop of the amber-lit White House, making no difference between her or Trump. One of them gave a speech. It will be occupied within 3 months.
“It’s time to turn the page on drama, conflict, fear and division. It’s time for a new generation of American leadership, and I’m ready to provide that leadership,” Harris said. Ta.
Shortly before Harris took the stage, her communications director said on MSNBC that about 75,000 people had gathered at the Ellipse. The House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack estimated that 53,000 people attended President Trump’s speech that day in which he encouraged rallygoers to march on the Capitol.
Harris evokes ‘dignity of work’
Harris pledged to “look for common ground” and “always put country before party,” pledging to prioritize her desire to “move forward” over scoring “political points.”
Harris contrasted Trump’s “enemies list” with her own “to-do list” on cutting costs for Americans, tapping into an anti-Trump message and telling skeptical voters she was trying to convince them that she was “doing it for them.” I tried to discuss what it would do for me. Some Democrats believe Ms. Harris needs to seal a deal by making a clear economic pitch on how to alleviate pain in the pockets of the middle class.
“I always had an instinct to protect myself,” she said, citing her background as a prosecutor. She promised to ban food price gouging, cap the cost of insulin and prescription drugs and help first-time home buyers with down payments. “I will deliver tax cuts to working and middle class people…I will lead the way in respecting the dignity of work.”
With polls showing close margins in seven battleground states that are likely to choose the next president, President Trump has blamed his rival for recent inflation and border chaos, and has shifted the election to Biden.・They are trying to turn this into a referendum on the Harris administration. She has also capitalized on a series of left-wing positions she took as a Democratic presidential candidate in 2019, but then resigned in favor of a more moderate platform.
In a reminder of the dynamic that Harris inherited, several pro-Palestinian protesters tried to interrupt her, but they were too far away from her to cut her off. Ta.
Trump’s leading allies pushed back before Harris delivered her speech.
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said, “Kamala Harris will do nothing more than ‘turn the page’ in Washington, D.C. today. Instead, she will stoke division because… , because her ‘America Last’ agenda has nothing to offer the American people.” “Mr. Kamala’s ‘new progress’ is just an even more dangerously liberal version of the failed policies of the Harris-Biden administration. Kamala Harris has destroyed our economy, our border security, and peace abroad. President Trump will fix it.”
Harris criticizes President Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric
Harris focused her closing arguments on Trump’s authoritarian rhetoric, enlisting the help of anti-Trump Republicans such as former Rep. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and calling on undecided Republicans and others. He urged center-right independents to vote for Harris. Her campaign aims to evoke January 6th as a way to remind voters of what they don’t like about President Trump.
She cited comments recently made by Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, that Trump is “certainly an authoritarian” and “definitely fits the general definition of a fascist.” Kelly also said Trump spoke positively about Adolf Hitler while president. Thirteen former Trump administration officials supported Kelly’s criticism in a letter.
Harris called Trump a “fascist” and said she was running for a third consecutive election to assert unchecked power. President Trump responded by branding Harris both a fascist and a communist. On Sunday, President Trump held a packed rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden to deliver his closing speech, which was overshadowed by racist comments from allies who spoke at the beginning. has become thinner.
Harris entered the race after Biden’s unprecedentedly late decision to withdraw, forcing her to cram the entire campaign into a short period of time. She has sought to introduce herself to voters while building a case against Trump by finding a point away from Biden and embracing new policies.
So Democrats want to remind Americans who voted for Trump out of office in 2020 about why they don’t want him in power, and how voters want to know more about Harris in a poll. and weighing the best message between ideas.
Democratic polling firm Blueprint tested a series of anti-Trump messages and found that the strongest messages among persuasive voters in battleground states were opposition to lowering grocery prices, protecting Social Security, and cutting corporate taxes. It turns out that the focus is on the economy. The company said in a memo that Kelly’s emphasis on Trump’s authoritarian tendencies helped Harris among key voters, but not as much as her economic pitch.
Tuesday’s speech represents Harris’ attempt to address both of those goals at once. Her campaign hopes the speech, set with a photo of the White House in the background, will be perceived as hopeful and optimistic.
“I’m not perfect. I make mistakes. But here’s my promise to you: I’ll always listen to you. Even if you don’t vote for me. Even if it’s hard to hear. , I will always tell the truth,” Harris said.
He also promised to make efforts to “compromise to get things done,” drawing cheers from the audience.
