Harris delivers her closing arguments with appeal to undecided voters
Vice President Kamala Harris pitched to voters with a speech focusing on a new path forward and an appeal to stop her rival from re-occupying the Oval Office.
Vice President Kamala Harris pitched to voters with a speech focusing on a new path forward and an appeal to stop her rival from re-occupying the Oval Office.
Vice President Kamala Harris pitched to voters with a speech focusing on a new path forward and an appeal to stop her rival from re-occupying the Oval Office.
With less than a week before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument speech in Washington D.C. Tuesday night.
Her speech took place at the Ellipse, a field located just off the White House grounds and the same site where Trump addressed a mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office," Harris said while pointing to the White House in the backdrop. "Donald Trump would walk into that office with an enemies list. When elected I will walk in with a to-do list."
Harris referenced hard-fought civil rights battles where Americans fought for freedom.
"They didn't do that only to see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant," Harris said.
The Vice President listed her proposals to help first-time homebuyers, adults caring for children and seniors, and border security. She vowed to protect reproductive rights and democracy.
Harris appealed to still undecided voters, saying "I make mistakes but here's what I promise you: I will always listen to you."
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, Trump spoke to Latino voters about his administration's response to hurricanes, including Hurricane Maria that hit Puerto Rico in 2017.
"No president's done more for Puerto Rico than I have," Trump said.
Trump later appeared with Latino supporters, defending his closing argument rally in New York City on Sunday where speakers made racist and lewd comments about Puerto Ricans and others.
One joke from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe sparked controversy after he referred to Puerto Rico as "an island of garbage." Trump painted the rally in a different light.
"It was an absolute love fest and it was my honor to be involved," he said.
Trump addressed the Puerto Rico comment in multiple interviews Tuesday, saying he did not hear the remark when it was made. Trump also distanced himself from Hinchcliffe, saying he did not know him or why he was speaking.
In a call with Latino voters, President Joe Biden also responded to the comment.
"The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters," Biden said.
Republicans were quick to jump on the remark, relaying the message to Trump while he campaigned onstage in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"That's terrible," Trump said.
The White House later clarified Biden used the word in reference to Hinchcliffe's hateful rhetoric.
"I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump鈥檚 supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage鈥攚hich is the only word I can think of to describe it," Biden wrote on his X account. "His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That鈥檚 all I meant to say."
With their closing argument speeches behind them, Harris and Trump are back to the swing states. Both will be in North Carolina and Wisconsin Wednesday. Harris will also travel to Pennsylvania.