The vice president spoke at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the same site where Donald Trump told his supporters to 'fight like hell' shortly before the 2021 Capitol riot. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris urged voters to reject Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear as she made the 'closing argument' of her campaign in Washington DC. With one week to go before Election Day, Harris attempted to draw contrasts between her and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, by delivering her speech from the same spot on the Ellipse where the former president spoke shortly before the Capitol insurrection in 2021.
Harris then began her speech by by reminding voters of Trump's role in 6 January riots, when he spewed falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election that inspired a crowd to march to the Capitol and try unsuccessfully to halt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory. She brought up his threats to use the military against his political rivals and his labelling of those who disagree with him as “the enemy from within.” “Look, we know who Donald Trump is.
He is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election,” she said. Trump, she added, “has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other.” “This is not a candidate for president who is thinking about how to make your life better,.