Vice-president strikes hopeful tone in remarks delivered from site of Trump’s speech before deadly January 6 attack
With the White House illuminated behind her, Kamala Harris asked the vanishing slice of undecided Americans to elect a “new generation of leadership”, likening Donald Trump to a “petty tyrant” who had stood in the very same spot nearly four years ago and, in a last-gasp effort to cling to power, helped incite the mob that stormed the US Capitol.
Calling it the “probably be the most important vote you ever cast”, Harris said the choice between her and Trump in the deadlocked presidential contest was “about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American or ruled by chaos and division”.
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