Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her campaign's “closing arguments” to a crowd gathered near the White House, while former President Donald Trump spoke at two events in Pennsylvania.
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris drew a contrast between her policies and those of her opponent, former Republican President Donald Trump, in a speech Tuesday in Washington, while her opponent spoke at two events in the crucial state of Pennsylvania.
Harris promised to work on immigration reform, the economic improvement of the country and reiterated that she would be a president for all Americans, willing to work with those who do not share her ideas.
A week before Election Day, Harris presented her campaign's “closing arguments” on the Ellipse, very close to the White House, the same place where Trump stoked the anger of supporters who would end attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to try to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 victory.
The vice president gathered more than 75,000 people in the heart of Washington, according to her team's estimates. As was confirmed by the Voice of Americathousands of people lined up early to enter the rally space, which began shortly after 7:00 p.m. local time.
Even after the doors were closed due to capacity, a crowd filled the area around the George Washington monument to listen to the speech through loudspeakers, at times interrupted by chants from protesters for peace in Gaza.
In her speech, the Democratic vice president insisted that “what is at stake in these elections” is the soul of the nation, threatened – as she said – by the same Trump who “sent an armed mob to the US Capitol to annul the election.” will of the American public.”
Harris drew the line between her policies and those of the former president. “On day one, if elected, Donald Trump will walk into that office with a list of enemies. When I'm elected, I'll walk in with a to-do list. With a lot of priorities about what I'll do for the American public. And I'll work with everyone, Democrats, Republicans and independents,” he said.
The Trump campaign described the vice president's words as a speech of “hate” and “division”, which did not reveal “any specific plan.”
Promises of immigration reform and economic improvement
In presenting her political platform, the Democratic candidate promised that she will work with Congress to “pass immigration reform, including a deserved path to citizenship for hard-working immigrants, such as farmworkers and Dreamers“.
He affirmed that he will collaborate with Democrats and Republicans to recover the bill for border management that did not pass in the House of Representatives due to pressure from Donald Trump on his party's caucus. It is precisely on the issue of immigration where Republicans have most harshly criticized Harris and Joe Biden's government, whom they blame for the “crisis” on the southern border.
“Politicians must stop treating immigration as an issue to scare voters during elections. And, instead, treat it as a serious challenge that we must finally come together and solve,” said Harris, who insisted on promoting immigration legal combined with restrictions on irregular arrivals. “We will quickly expel those who arrive here illegally, prosecute the cartels, and give the border patrol the support it so desperately needs.”
In her speech, Harris also promised that she will work to reduce costs, impose tax cuts on the middle class, pass the “first federal ban on price gouging” in food and limit drug costs, in addition to working to expand housing supply. , increase the capacity of Medicare and protect the right to abortion, one of its flagship issues.
Trump campaigns in majority-Latino area
With less than a week until the end of voting, almost 49 million people have already cast their vote in the US, either at early voting centers or by mail, according to the Electoral Laboratory at the University of Florida. More than 155 million voted in the 2020 election.
Polls show the race remains extremely close. According to polls, Harris and Trump are tied in some crucial states or marginally ahead in some cases, all within the margin of statistical error.
After the controversy at his weekend rally in New York for “jokes” and racist comments from his alliesincluding a comedian who compared Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage,” former Republican President Donald Trump spoke to the press on Tuesday and headed to Allentown, Pennsylvania, a city with a majority Latino population.
Meeting with reporters at his Florida residence, Trump described Harris as “grossly incompetent… a total disaster,” during a conference where he did not answer questions from reporters and did not mention the controversial “joke,” which his campaign has distanced itself. He called the New York demonstration “an absolute love fest.”
The former Republican president also offered a somber assessment of Harris' leadership. He said she “wiped out” the nation's borders, “decimated the middle class,” brought “bloodshed and misery” to major cities and “unleashed war and chaos around the world.”
Campaign continues
Although both candidates have offered what they called “closing arguments” of their campaigns, the race for the White House is far from over. Just 6 days before Election Day, on November 5, both Trump and Harris continue a busy schedule of rallies and events in key territories such as Pennsylvania and Georgia, states that could be the key to the coveted 270 Electoral College votes. .
Over the weekend, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will be touring various parts of those states to try to reach undecided voters. Important Latin art figures such as Jennifer Lopez and Maná will join Harris and Maná at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday.
For his part, Trump will have a campaign event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then in North Carolina, while his running mate, vice presidential candidate JD Vance, will lead a town hall with voters in Pennsylvania this Wednesday.