To a reported crowd of 75,000 she proclaims that she is NOT what Donald Trump Is and stands For……
The question will come down to how many American’s will come forward AGAIN to defeat Trump’s grab for the Presidency and the power it holds….
Harris spoke with the White House as a backdrop in an effort to remind voters of the stakes and of the very different ways she and Trump would serve as president. While she stressed the dangers she said Trump poses to democracy, she sought to tie those concerns to people’s day-to-day anxieties — including the economy, health care and immigration — in an acknowledgment that many voters may not be moved by theoretical warnings about Trump’s authoritarianism.
The vice president also reiterated the unity message that has been an increasing theme of her campaign’s final stretch.
“I pledge to listen to experts, to those who will be impacted by the decisions I make — and to people who disagree with me,” Harris said. “Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I’ll give them a seat at my table.”
She added, “It is time to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms.”
More than two hours before the speech, thousands of people were lined up for more than a mile waiting to enter. Most of downtown Washington was shut down as throngs of supporters came to see Harris at one of her final events, in a city that typically does not get high-profile visits from presidential candidates.
The visuals of the crowd were of American flags and “USA” signs — not the usual Harris-Walz signs more common at the vice president’s campaign rallies. It was an effort to signal that the event was patriotic and not strictly partisan, and to cast Harris supporters as the ones who respect democratic norms — in contrast to Trump, whose supporters gathered on the same spot before attacking the U.S. Capitol.
Harris noted that the campaign has been unusual — she became the Democratic nominee only after President Joe Biden dropped out in July — and she used the moment in part to continue introducing herself to Americans. She talked about her career as a prosecutor, her middle-class upbringing and her mother’s influence.
In the campaign’s final stretch, Harris has zeroed in on the assertion that Trump is a bitterly divisive figure who would seek to govern as an authoritarian. She returned Tuesday to a line that has become a common refrain, saying that Trump as president would spend his time stewing over an “enemies list” while she would focus on a “to-do list” for the American people….
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Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon addressed some of the early-voting numbers from various states, which in some cases have shown a relatively high turnout for Republicans. She said the Republicans voting early are reliable GOP voters who typically cast ballots on Election Day and are now simply choosing to do so earlier.
“This race is extremely close — we talk about it as a margin-of-error race. We know it’s going to be closed out in this final week,” O’Malley Dillon said. “We feel very good about where we are. We feel like this period of time is critical this final week. Tonight is a big part of that.”
Toward the end of her speech Tuesday, Harris highlighted Americans who had fought for liberty and civil rights. “They did not struggle, sacrifice and lay down their lives only to see us cede our fundamental freedoms, only to see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant,” Harris said. “The United States of America is not a vessel for the schemes of wannabe dictators.”
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Trump’s Madison Square crowd should NOT have been over that buildings limit of 19,500, if it was full…
top image….Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in the Ellipse on Oct. 29 in Washington, D.C….AFP via Getty
bottom image….Eric Lee…NY Times
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