Kamala Harris warns of more chaos under Donald Trump, promises a different path

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Kamala Harris called Donald Trump unstable, obsessed with revenge and seeking unchecked power Tuesday night, calling on Americans to turn the page on her Republican rival and vote for her instead.

In the biggest speech of her political career, the Democratic vice-president did not hesitate to criticize her opponent in the race for the White House this year.

America, we know what Donald Trump has in mind: more chaos, more division and policies that help those at the top and hurt everyone, she said. I propose a different path and ask for your vote.

With a week to go until Election Day, Harris has not held back her attacks on Trump, but she has also made clear that she is the candidate of national unity, pledging to be the president of all Americans and to always place the country above the party and oneself.

Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe that those who disagree with me are the enemy, Harris told a crowd of about 75,000 people, according to her campaign. He wants to put them in prison. I will give them a place at the table.

Harris delivered her speech in Washington DC, with the White House lit up behind her. She stood on the Ellipse, the site of Trump's January 6, 2021 speech in which he called on his supporters to fight like hell hours before storming the U.S. Capitol to try to stop Joe Biden from be declared president.

The vice president's campaign said the location was chosen to create a stark contrast between it and its Republican opponent.

We are not in this place by chance. “We think the Ellipse is important,” Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon told reporters before the speech. This is a vivid visualization of probably the most infamous example of Donald Trump and how he used his power for nefarious purposes.

The campaign had described Harris' speech as her final plea with just a week to go in an increasingly tight race. The Financial Times' poll tracker shows her virtually tied with Trump in the seven key states likely to determine who wins the presidency.

We know there are still many voters who are still trying to decide who to support or whether to vote, O'Malley Dillon said. We are making sure we do everything we can to reach voters who are still making their decision.

The crowd in Washington, however, was filled with supporters, many of whom were cautiously optimistic that Trump would win.

Savannah Jones, a 27-year-old lawyer from Utah, said Harris was the only reasonable choice, adding: I'm nervous but I think she can win.

Zachary Mohling, a 26-year-old software engineer from the Washington DC suburbs, agrees and dismisses polls showing the two candidates virtually tied.

The polls were wrong in 2016, they were wrong in 2020. Every election cycle they try to account for the silent Trump voter and now they've gone too far, he said.

As Election Day approaches, Harris has intensified her argument that Trump poses a grave threat to American democracy.

Last week, she attacked the former president for being increasingly unhinged and unstable after John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff, told the New York Times that Trump was an authoritarian who admired Adolf Hitler and fell into the general definition of fascist.

The vice president also traveled the country with Liz Cheney, the former conservative Republican congresswoman who broke with Trump and his party over the 2021 Capitol attack and said in September she would vote for Harris given the danger posed by Donald Trump.

The Ellipse was the location of Donald Trump's speech on January 6, 2021, in which he called on his supporters to protest the outcome of the 2020 election. Jim Bourg/Reuters

These sober warnings contrast sharply with the image of a gleeful warrior that the Harris campaign cultivated over the summer, after she replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.

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But his aides insisted his final message would resonate with millions of voters frustrated by the crudeness and division that have plagued American politics in recent years.

Trump's own attempt at closing arguments at New York's Madison Square Garden this weekend was overshadowed by racist and misogynistic comments, with one speaker describing Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage and another comparing Harris to a prostitute with pimps.

On Monday, the Trump campaign rushed to limit the damage caused by the rally. But Trump showed little remorse on Tuesday, telling reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort that the New York event was a true love fest.

Trump allies, meanwhile, pounced on comments Biden made during a Zoom video call with the Voto Latino organization Tuesday night, in which he appeared to describe Republican supporters as trash. Biden later said he was referring to the rhetoric at Trump's New York rally.

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