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Kamala Harris warned Americans Tuesday night that Donald Trump would open the floodgates of revenge against his political opponents, including ordinary citizens, while pledging to work tirelessly on behalf of all Americans. .
“In less than 90 days, either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office,” Harris said from the Washington, D.C., Ellipse, with the White House in the background. He spoke while asserting what the camp has been insisting on. “Final argument” speech.
“If elected, on his first day, Donald Trump will walk into office with a list of his enemies. If elected, he will go to work with a to-do list full of priorities about what he will do for the American people. I plan on coming.”
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 a 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. “Four years ago, our top priority as a nation was to end the pandemic and save our economy.Currently, our biggest challenge is to reduce costs, but even before the pandemic, costs were increasing. It has risen and remains too high.”
Immediately after Biden finished his remarks, he was forced to erase remarks he had made that evening during a call to vote, prompting immediate backlash from many who interpreted it as calling Trump supporters “trash.” was invited.
Harris on Tuesday sought to connect her personal story to how she leads the country, a fallout from a time when many Americans are still campaigning in an incredibly shortened timeframe. It reflects the fact that she wants to know more about the president and 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.”
