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Harris Makes Speech at Ellipse After Biden's Comments Stirred Controversy

Harris Makes Speech at Ellipse After Biden's Comments Stirred Controversy

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The Facts

  • Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, Tuesday night in a speech given before an estimated 75K people at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. made a please to undecided voters to "turn the page" and "stop pointing fingers and start locking arms" by voting for her instead of her Republican opponent, former Pres. Donald Trump.

  • Speaking from the same area where Trump famously addressed his supporters before the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol, Harris told the crowd she will listen to everyone, "even if you don't vote" for her.

  • Harris also struck out at Trump, mentioning him 24 times, and calling him a "petty tyrant" who's "unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance" and determined to obtain "unchecked power."


The Spin

Harris is positioning herself as the candidate who will unite the nation in opposition to Trump's divisive rhetoric. This speech didn't just address the Democratic Party but reached out to people who may not usually be inclined to vote for Harris but who are looking for an alternative to Trump. Harris did a great job of relating to voters by telling her backstory, but also providing her vision for a brighter future.


Harris isn't fooling anyone by selling herself as the unity candidate even as she almost threatens undecided voters to pick her way or the highway. She may have toned down her rhetoric about Trump in this speech, but her past accusations about him — not to mention Biden's hateful comments about Trump's supporters — made it clear she's not selling joy or a brighter future, just more of the misery of the current administration.




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