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🗽 Kamala Harris' Stirring Closing Argument Showed She'll Be A President We'll Be Proud Of
'Kamala Harris' stirring closing argument showed she'll be a president we'll be proud of,'
by kos, Daily Kos Staff, October 29, 2024. 🇺🇲
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Photo: Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in the Ellipse on Oct. 29 in Washington, D.C.
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In front of a massive overflow crowd numbering up to 75,000 people, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her “closing argument” in DC’s Ellipse. The crowds were straight out of Donald Trump’s fondest fantasies, the kind of crowd he couldn’t garner this year to save his life. (Madison Square Garden’s capacity is 19,500, so he maybe drew a third of Harris’ crowd at his Nazi rally).
Link to tweet
You know how Trump always lies about the 50,000 people outside his venues? That might actually be true for Harris in this case. Remember, this is the OVERFLOW.
WOAH this is CRAZY— my friend just sent me this video from the OVERFLOW section of the VP’s ellipse speech in DC. This crowd is wild. I’ve only ever seen the mall this full before at the 2017 Women’s March. Historic. We’re all ready for a New Way Forward.
Harris spoke about Trump’s inability to campaign for anyone but himself, how he aims to divide the country, and his impulse to turn every single detractor into the enemy.
Kamala Harris: We like a good debate. And the fact that someone disagrees with us does not make them the enemy within. They are family, neighbors, classmates, coworkers. They are fellow Americans, and as Americans, we rise and fall together.
The rally’s location wasn’t an accident. It delivered a message of its own.
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Unlike Trump’s airing of grievances and never-ending stream of weird or offensive lies, Harris actually showed up with real issues. “Donald Trump will walk into that office with an enemies list,” she said. “I will walk in with a to-do list.”...
More! https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/29/2280813/-Kamala-Harris-stirring-closing-argument-showed-she-ll-be-a-president-we-ll-be-proud-of