Harris’ closing argument: “Turn the page and start writing the next chapter”

Vice President Kamala Harris made her final case for her bid for the presidency on Tuesday at Washington, DC’s Ellipse, where she delivered an optimistic and hopeful message focused on progress.

Standing with the White House in the background, Harris offered a split screen between her and former President Donald Trump and urged voters to “turn the page” on the era of Trump by pledging to to put country above party.

“This is someone who is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with resentment and bent on unchecked power. Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other,” she said.

She criticized Trump for the “enemy within” language he has used to describe political opponents, saying he is “unstable” and “consumed by resentment.”

Relying on her promise to Americans, she was promised “to look for common ground and common sense solutions to improve your lives. My goal is not to score political points. I want to make progress.”

“We need to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. It’s 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,” Harris said.

“I don’t believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy,” she said. “He wants to put them in jail. I will give them a seat at the table.”

Under an approved permit from the National Park Service, about 40,000 people would attend the event — an increase from the 20,000 people expected to attend, according to the permit issued for the campaign last week.

Harris has been adamant that the location of the speech be near the National Mall — the same spot where Trump delivered remarks prior to the January 6, 2021, attacks at the US Capitol – was to remind Americans of their choice between Harris and Trump and who would go to the White House.

“I would think of that place more, and I do, in the context of what will be behind me, which is the White House. And I’m doing it there because I think it’s really important that the American people see it and think about it. who will occupy that space on January 20,” Harris said recently said to CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell.

“The reality is that most Americans can imagine the Oval Office. We’ve seen it on television, and this is a real scenario. It will be Donald Trump, or I will be sitting behind the resolute desk in the room. Oval office.”

With another week until Election Today, both Harris and Trump are working on their final appeal to undecided voters in what is expected to be a close battle.

Harris’ campaign said she wanted to portray Trump as someone consumed by his grievances and an endless desire for retribution, highlighting his promise to go after those on his “enemies list” and how this contrasts with Harris’ focus on her “to… make a list.” It is a message she often incorporates into her stump speech.

‘He is full of grievances. It is full of dark language about retaliation and revenge, and so the American people have a choice. It’s either going to be that, or I’m going to be there, focused on my…do list, focused on the American people, and going through that list of goals and plans to improve the lives of the American people,” Harris said to reporters on Sunday while campaigning in Philadelphia.

Her closing argument highlighted what she said is Americans’ desire to “turn the page” on Trump by highlighting her plans and priorities for the country, namely the economy. The vice president has pledged to drive down costs and prioritize the middle class in her “opportunity economy.”

Following her Ellipse speech, Harris plans to take this message with her as she heads to the battlegrounds in the final days of the campaign. The events will be centered around a series of get-out-the-vote concerts.

“I spend time in all communities to make sure they hear directly from me so they can judge for themselves in a way that is unfiltered. And I will continue to do that. I leave nothing on the field.” this election, leaving nothing on the field,” Harris said in an interview with MSNBC earlier this month.