Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harrisattacked this Monday against his opponent, former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), after what he said the previous day He also said he would order the Army to intervene to fight the “enemy within”. on election day.
“Donald Trump is increasingly aggressive, unstable, and wants unlimited power. This is what he wants. He wants to use the military against American citizens,” Harris said at a meeting in Erie County, an important part of Pennsylvania. Harris said that Trump sees Americans who disagree with his vision as enemies and warned that he will attack especially journalists whose stories do not favor him, election officials who refuse to interfere with the results he wants, and judges who do not bend. to your wishes. “This is one of the reasons why I strongly believe that a second Trump term could be very dangerous for the United States and dangerous,” Harris added.
At the event, Harris showed a video of Trump’s interview this Sunday on Fox News, where he was asked if he believed there would be violence on election day on November 5. “We have very bad people. We have madmen from the far left, and I think they should be easily controlled by the National Guard, or, if necessary, by the Army.“Trump said in an interview. “The enemy within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia and other countries,” he added.
The only “enemy” of Trump named was Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, the California Senate representative who led the effort to investigate him in his first impeachment trial, when he was acquitted by his Republican allies in the Senate. Trump has also repeatedly used the term “enemy of the people” to refer to media outlets that do not portray him well.
“Lock him up!”
The audience at Harris’s rally was enthusiastic, often interrupting the vice president with applause and chants of “USA, USA!”, words that until recently were only heard at Trump’s rallies, but are now heard at the events of the Democrats, where Harris wants to restore patriotism yours.
At one point, when Harris criticized Trump, The audience started chanting “Enciérralo!”, a modified “Enciérrala!” which Trump used regularly against his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton. Harris responded immediately, asking the crowd to stop singing and saying, “The courts will do that. Let’s see in November, okay?”, to which the audience responded with applause.
Trump has made history and become a leader the first president of USA found guiltyand is currently facing several charges, including those related to his efforts to influence the results of the 2020 elections and his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in 2021.
Pennsylvania, an important part
Mr Trump was also in Pennsylvania on Monday, taking part in a meeting with voters in the city of Oaks, near Philadelphia. When asked about his plans for affordable housing, Trump said regulations make construction more expensive and repeated his promise to expand the country’s oil production, despite already high levels. “We’re going to drill, drill non-stop, we’re going to have a lot of power to keep prices down,” Trump said, a message that resonated particularly in Pennsylvania, the US’s second-largest natural resource. gas producer after Texas.
Pennsylvania has become one of the most competitive states in this election. Mr. Trump was able to take this state from the Democrats in 2016, becoming the first Republican to win since 1988. However, in 2020, Biden, who was born in Pennsylvania, defeated Trump by almost 80,000 votes. Polls show the closest race in the state with Harris 0.7 points ahead of Trump, according to an eight-to-eight poll.