Kamala Harris urges Americans to reject Donald Trump’s chaos and division

US: Against the brilliant backdrop of the White House, Kamala Harris made a compelling final appeal to voters Tuesday, calling on them to write the “next chapter” for their nation and reject Donald Trump’s instability and divisiveness.

Speaking at a large gathering near the location where her Republican opponent incited a crowd before to the tragic attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, the Democratic vice president cautioned against Trump’s desire for “unchecked power.”

She said in the address, precisely one week before Americans cast ballots in the most contentious and dramatic election in recent history, “This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and out for unchecked power.”

However, Harris then changed her focus to a hopeful outlook for the future of the United States, demonstrating her readiness for the presidency with a symbolic presentation that included the White House illuminated against the darkness behind her.

Harris addressed the sizable gathering of supporters waving flags, saying, “America, I am here tonight to say: that’s not who we are.”

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According to Harris’ team, 75,000 people showed up for the event. The gathering was unusually huge in an election that has witnessed strong passion on both sides, but the exact number could not be confirmed right away.

“Disarray and Chaos”

Crowds gathered at the Washington Monument, the obelisk that rises above the National Mall, and at the Ellipse, a park that borders the White House grounds and is where Harris spoke.

Harris cautioned that the election was a decision between a “country rooted in freedom for every American, or ruled by chaos and division,” while speaking from behind bulletproof screens next to blue placards that said “Freedom.”

Harris reminded the audience that almost four years earlier, Trump “sent an armed mob” to the Capitol from the same location.

In an attack that stunned the globe and injured 140 police officers, Trump’s supporters marched on the famous dome seat of government to protest the certification of President Joe Biden’s win after he encouraged them to “fight like hell” in a speech there.

Although she started her address with a spectacular assault on Trump, she quickly shifted to a summary of her comprehensive ideas to assist middle-class Americans who are suffering financially.

When she mentioned Republicans who wanted to restrict abortion, she received one of the loudest applause, stating that the government shouldn’t be “dictating to women what to do with their bodies.”

One of her primary shortcomings, that some people still see her as a continuation of Biden, who withdrew from the White House contest in July, was also addressed by Harris.

“The challenges we face are different, so my presidency will be different,” she said.

“Cleansing”

The Harris team framed her address as a “closing argument”—a reference to her prosecutorial background—even though there is still one week left.

Mitzi Maxwell, 69, who traveled from Florida with her mother to see “all the love, passion and excitement that she (Harris) has become known for,” described the event as a cleansing for what transpired on January 6.

The size and fervor of Harris’s rally, which saw some fans line up for almost seven hours before the speech, was a direct challenge to Trump, a politician who has long bragged about his capacity to attract large audiences.

With both candidates frantically attempting to win over undecided voters in seven crucial swing states, Harris and Trump are still locked in a dead race in the polls.

Trump has been attempting to quell a fervor after his rally at New York’s renowned Madison Square Garden over the weekend, when a warm-up comic made fun of Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

Biden faced criticism on Tuesday for seemingly calling Trump’s followers “garbage” in response to the remarks, but he subsequently clarified that he was alluding to the Republican’s rhetoric.

During a campaign call for Harris, Biden said, “The only garbage I see floating out there are his supporters.”

J.D. Vance, Trump’s running mate, described the remarks as “disgusting,” while Trump termed them “terrible.”

The comedian who made the remarks about Puerto Rico “probably… shouldn’t have been there,” Trump said during a TV interview.

But earlier, when speaking to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump referred to the gathering in New York as a “love fest,” the same term he has used to characterize the disturbance in the Capitol.

Later, the Republican held a rally in Pennsylvania’s blue-collar Allentown, which is home to a sizable Puerto Rican population and is perhaps the most important of the seven battleground states that are anticipated to determine the outcome of the election.

With Trump frequently saying that he could once again refuse to recognize the outcome if he loses, there are fears that this year’s election will be a rerun of the pandemonium that occurred four years ago.