Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech Made Her Case Against Trump

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHICAGO ― In a speech that drew wild applause and left some in tears, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday formally accepted her party’s nomination for president, laid out her vision for the country and wasted no time spelling out how dangerous a reelected Donald Trump would be for women, middle-class Americans and the rule of law itself. Harris cast herself as a seasoned fighter, drawing a through-line from her years as a prosecutor fighting for women and children against abusers, to her stint as the California attorney general taking on big banks and gun cartels, to her fights to win tough elections, to her current fight to protect American democracy from Trump. Advertisement “In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man,” Harris said. “The consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.” She described the “chaos and calamity” that marked Trump’s first term as president and then the gravity of what came next: Trump incited an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, to try to prevent the votes for Joe Biden to become president from being counted. “Consider what he intends to do if we give him power again,” Harris warned. “Consider the power he will have, especially after the United States Supreme Court just ruled he would be immune from criminal prosecution.” The vice president homed in on Trump’s attacks on women’s reproductive rights. She described meeting with women around the country in her capacity as vice president and hearing horror stories about miscarrying in parking lots, getting sepsis and losing the ability to have children again ― all because doctors in their states were afraid of going to jail for providing them with abortion care. Advertisement “Simply put, they are out of their minds,” Harris concluded, to deafening cheers. But now that she’s served more than three years as vice president, Harris demonstrated Thursday that she’s evolved into a much more compelling and powerful speaker ― and the crowd ate it up. “America, we are not going back,” Harris declared several times. But America, we are not going back pic.twitter.com/xpxUInEJQm — Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 23, 2024 Somehow, it’s only been a month since Harris became the nominee. It’s been a stunning but remarkably smooth process of Harris stepping in after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, following a pressure campaign based on concerns about his age and mental acuity. In her speech, Harris acknowledged the unusual path that led her to the stage, comparing it to the family journey that led her immigrant parents to the United States. But I’m no stranger to unlikely journeys,” she said, before describing her mother’s journey as an immigrant and single mother. Advertisement Harris threw her support behind countless issues that matter to Democrats, promising to protect people’s freedoms in schools, communities and places of worship, in their decisions on whom they love and their fight for basic access to clean air and water. Beyond whipping up Democrats, though, Harris appealed to Americans watching on TV who may not share her political views. “With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past,” she said. Not as members of any one party or faction, but as Americans.” Harris vowed to be a president who “unites us around our highest aspirations. A president who leads and listens, who is realistic, practical and has common sense.” And just as she began, Harris returned to her roots as a fighter in her call on Americans to join her to fight to protect democracy from Trump. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-dnc-2024-speech-nominee_n_66c806ace4b0f75c7c15bf75