Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign’s “closing argument” Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where former President Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan.
6, 2021 . One week out from Election Day , Harris’ address from the grassy Ellipse near the White House is designed to encourage Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she or Trump takes over the Oval Office in less than three months. Trump opened his remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday morning by saying Harris is running on a “campaign of destruction” and “of absolute hate,” accusing her team of “perhaps even trying to destroy our country.
” He will head to Pennsylvania later in the day for a Building America's Future event in Drexel and a rally Tuesday night in Allentown. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024 .
Here’s the latest: Across Constitution Avenue from the Ellipse, crowds continued waiting patiently and discussing alternatives for viewing or listening to Harris if they could not get into the venue. Kathleen Nicholas, 36, a government relations worker in Washington, said she loved the difference in the crowd and atmosphere compared with those of Jan. 6, 2021.
“Having something that is a direct contrast to that day is what we needed.” Nila Jeya Pirya, a 21 year-old student from Texas wearing a keffiyeh, was holding a sign protesting the Israel-Hamas war in front of people w.
