2024 Election Live Updates: Trump, Harris Tied in Latest National Polls; Harris to host star-studded rally in Georgia

Less than two weeks before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris attacked former President Donald Trump by warning Americans that his Republican opponent is an authoritarian who doesn’t care about the needs of ordinary people.

Harris spoke to voters in Pennsylvania during a CNN town hall meeting that replaced a presidential debate that Trump refused to attend.

Gustavo Kilander has the story.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to give a major campaign speech next Tuesday at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the park outside the White House where Donald Trump in 2021 called on his supporters to march on Congress in the moments leading up to the January 6th. insurrection.

Campaign officials said the speech, a week before Election Day, will serve as a “closing argument” where Harris, a former prosecutor, will present her final case against Donald Trump before a “jury” of the American people.

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Kamala Harris called herself “a bit of a nerd” after she was asked what her weaknesses were during the CNN Town Hall.

“I may not have a quick answer as soon as you ask about a specific political issue, sometimes because I will want to research it, I will want to study it. Sometimes I’m a bit of a nerd, I confess,” she said.

“And some might call that a weakness, especially if you’re, you know, in an interview, or just, you know, being asked a certain question and hoping that you have the right answer right away. But that’s how I work.”

Responding to further questions from audience members in Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris said: “The American people deserve to have a president who encourages healthy debate, works across the aisle, is unafraid of good ideas, wherever they come from…

“…but it also maintains certain standards about how we think about role and responsibility, and we certainly don’t compare ourselves in a clearly admiring way to Hitler.”

Kamala Harris was directly asked if she thought Donald Trump was a “fascist.”

CNN anchor and Pennsylvania town hall host Anderson Cooper said, “Let me ask you tonight: Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist?”

“Yes, I do,” Harris replied. “Yes I do. And I also believe that we should trust the people who know best in this matter.”