Kamala Harris pairs anti-Trump attack with economic pitch at packed D.C. rally
Kamala Harris will hold a rally Tuesday near the White House — the site where Donald Trump spoke on Jan. 6, 2021.
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris called on Americans to “turn the page” on the Donald Trump era at a rally Tuesday, rallying thousands of voters at the site where the former president addressed the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
On a chilly fall evening one week before Election Day, the Democratic nominee criticized her Republican rival as “unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power.” She vowed to govern as a pragmatist by listening to everyone, including “people who disagree with me.”
“He says one of his highest priorities is to set free the violent extremists who assaulted those 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 candidate for president who is thinking about how to make your life better.”
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak Tuesday on The Ellipse.Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty ImagesHarris spoke seven days before polls will close — and 100 days since President Joe Biden exited the race and propelled her to the top of the ticket — appearing on the Ellipse with a backdrop of the White House glowing with amber lights, which either she or Trump will occupy in three months.
“It is time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict, the fear and the division, it is time for a new generation of leadership in America. And I am ready to offer that leadership,” Harris said.
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