Vice President Kamala Harris used her final big campaign speech to launch a blistering attack on former President Donald J. Trump, calling her rival “disaffected and seeking unchecked power” and calling herself He promoted himself as a warrior who would lead a new era. A generation of leadership.
In a speech before what her campaign said was about 75,000 people gathered at the Ellipse, a park just south of the White House in Washington, Ms. Harris gestured to the country’s seats of power and expressed fears such as: He brought this up to sharpen his point. Riots broke out less than two miles to the east.
“In 90 days, either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office,” she said, pointing to the building behind her. “If elected, Donald Trump will walk into the Oval Office on his first day with a list of his enemies. If elected, he’s going to come to work with a to-do list.”
But her speech had to carry more weight than a simple attack on Mr. Trump. So, on the 101st day of her improbable presidential campaign, Harris paused to introduce herself as a former prosecutor who has long worked in the public interest, telling the audience that she has spent most of her career outside Washington. He reminded the audience and assured the audience: Not all good ideas come from here. ”
Harris made her point in a plain but forceful way, telling the audience that while she would not be a perfect president, she would govern with unity in mind, based on a “lifelong instinct to protect.” spoke. People who have been abused or victimized.
But she also used the arc of history to make her point, saying that this country was born “when we wrested freedom from petty tyrants,” and that for centuries Americans had lost the promise of democracy. He said he has fought against domestic and foreign threats to protect the country.
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