Harris reaches for a big moment in her closing argument for ‘turning the page’ on Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will promise to Americans that she’ll activity to amended their lives while Republican Donald Trump is only successful it for himself arsenic she delivers her campaign’s closing argument Tuesday from nan aforesaid tract wherever nan erstwhile president fomented nan Capitol insurrection successful 2021.

One week retired from Election Day, Harris’ reside from nan grassy Ellipse adjacent nan White House is designed to promote Americans to visualize their alternate futures if she aliases Trump takes complete nan Oval Office successful little than 3 months.

She hoped to sharpen that opposition by delivering her capstone reside from the spot wherever Trump connected Jan. 6, 2021, spewed falsehoods astir nan 2020 statesmanlike predetermination that inspired a crowd to march to nan Capitol and effort unsuccessfully to halt nan certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s triumph and nan sealing of his ain defeat.

With clip moving retired and nan title razor-tight, Harris and Trump some person been looking for large moments to effort to displacement nan momentum 1 measurement aliases nan other. But aft her reside successful nan nation’s capital, Harris will beryllium backmost to furiously scouring for votes 1 rally and 1 arena aft different successful nan battleground states.

On Tuesday, aides said, Harris intends to look beyond nan startling imagery of her location connected nan Ellipse to make a broader lawsuit for voters to cull Trump and see what she offers.

“There’s a large quality betwixt he and I,” Harris told reporters Monday successful previewing her speech. “If he were elected, connected time 1 he’s going to beryllium successful nan Oval Office moving connected his enemies list. On time one, if I americium elected, which I afloat expect to be, I will beryllium moving connected behalf of nan American group connected my to-do list.”

Campaign aides stressed that she will not beryllium delivering a treatise connected populist — a staple of President Biden’s ain attempts to tie a contrast pinch Trump.

But her run is hoping nan mounting will thief drawback nan attraction of battleground authorities voters who stay connected nan obstruction astir whom to ballot for — aliases whether to ballot astatine all.

It comes days aft Harris traveled to Texas, a reliably Republican state, to appear pinch megastar Beyoncé and stress nan consequences for women aft nan U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. That, too, was a reside meant to registry pinch voters acold distant successful nan battleground states.

The vice president’s latest reside has been successful nan useful for weeks. But aides hoped her connection would onshore pinch much effect aft Trump’s rally Sunday astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, wherever speakers hurled sadistic and racist insults. Harris said nan arena “highlighted nan constituent that I’ve been making passim this campaign.”

“He is focused and really fixated connected his grievances, connected himself and connected dividing our country,” she said.

Harris was expected to usage her reside to laic retired a pragmatic and forward-looking scheme for nan country, including reminding voters astir her economical proposals and pledging to staunchly activity for entree to reproductive care, including abortion.

Also cardinal to her message: positioning herself arsenic a “new generation” of leader aft Trump and moreover her existent boss, Biden.

As for Trump, she said Monday, “People are virtually fresh to move nan page. They’re tired of it.”

Harris’ aides, galore of whom besides advised Biden’s run earlier he dropped out, still judge that centering nan title connected who Trump is and really she’s different will beryllium their strongest connection for voters.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said it was important for battleground voters to beryllium reminded of nan consequences of their prime this autumn and for Harris “to really thrust location nan stakes of this predetermination and nan clear opposition successful nan race.”

He said Harris had nan stronger statement connected economical policies, reproductive state and nan matter of chaos vs. order, adding that she “has a imagination that’s going to bring much bid and much hopefulness and much joy.”

Trump was group to usage planned remarks to reporters astatine his Mar-a-Lago nine successful Florida connected Tuesday greeting to effort to preemptively rebut Harris’ speech, according to a personification acquainted pinch nan matter.

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Associated Press writer Michelle L. Price successful Atlanta contributed to this report.