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CNN – Vice President Kamala Harris capped
one of the most unusual months in modern
political history on Thursday night with a
patriotic speech for Democrats in which she
branded Donald Trump an enemy of classic American principles.
“I know where I stand in the ongoing battle
between democracy and tyranny, and I
know where America belongs,” he said.
Harris has the promise that many Democrats saw
in him when he launched his first presidential
campaign five years ago and when Joe Biden chose
him as his running mate in 2020.
He said this in the tone of a prosecutor. harris
directly attacked his Republican challenger.
He explained the former president’s legal problems.
She blamed him for the horrors some women faced
under the country’s strict abortion laws. He recalled
calling it “the confusion and catastrophe of his presidency.”
“Donald Trump is an apathetic person in many ways,”
“Donald Trump is an apathetic person in many ways,”
he said. “But the consequences of Donald Trump
returning to the White House are very serious.”
Harris examined his political views,
particularly on foreign policy. He said
he is a “realistic, practical and common sense”
president, a clear rebuttal to Trump’s
attempt to brand himself as too liberal.
The contrast between Harris’ speech in Chicago
and Trump’s address at last month’s Republican
National Convention in Milwaukee couldn’t be
more stark — the debates set the stage for the Nov.
5 election with personal clashes. It hasn’t arrived yet.
Here are eight takeaways from the fourth and
final night of the Democratic National Convention:
Harris suggests a return to pre-Trump normalcy
Harris has a simple message for Americans:
You don’t have to live like this anymore.
Harris, sometimes outspoken and always outspoken
in his comments, offered voters a clear break with
the Trump era, its uncertainty and political turmoil.
“We’re not coming back,” Harris repeated,
as he and others, including thousands who chanted
at the United Center, have done since he became
the presumptive nominee. But since the slogan
is a condemnation of Trump’s policies and a promise
of progressive change, it is being interpreted too
narrowly as a guarantee of an immediate mandate.