Harris was pressed on the issues of Black voters in the town hall
Kamala Harris Brings a Bit of Trump into Her Rally to Try to Show him a ‘Unhinged’: Donald Trump and the Establishment of the National Guard
The Vice President brought up her Republican rival at her campaign event in Presque Isle, Pa., in order to get the attention of more people of the threats he has made on the trail.
The 30-second montage showed Trump repeatedly complaining about “the enemy from within” suggesting they should be jailed — or dealt with violently. Harris’ use of the clips is a sign she plans to ratchet up warnings about Trump in the homestretch.
Trump has long used authoritarian language and praised authoritarians, but lately he has gone a step further, saying that police violence could curb crime, and that he would use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to detain or deport people.
On Fox News, Trump was asked if he thinks Election Day will be peaceful. He mentioned that the National Guard or regular military would be used to quell issues caused by his ideological opponents.
The bigger problem is the people from within. We have some very bad people. Sick people. Left-wing. There are Lunatics. If necessary, it should be handled by the National Guard or military. Harris used that clip as a reference point.
There is a congressman who is running for the Senate, and he was named as one of the enemies from within by Trump. Trump’s campaign has not responded to NPR requests for details on his comments on using the National Guard or military against U.S. citizens.
Source: Harris brings a bit of Trump into her rally to try to show him as ‘unhinged’
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Harris is trying to get the votes of Republicans and independent voters in states like Pennsylvania where polls show the candidates are not tied.
She said if she won, she would reach across the aisle and name a bipartisan council to advise her. Several prominent Republicans endorsed her, including Liz Cheney, who was a GOP Rep.
Harris also this weekend released a medical report describing her as being in excellent health. She’s using it to compare herself to Trump, who is about two decades older than her, and to raise questions about his speeches.
She has said Trump’s decision to skip a second debate and a CBS 60 Minutes interview show his advisers want to hide him from undecided voters. Trump is slated to do two town halls this week — one with Latino voters on Univision, the second on Fox News on Wednesday with an audience of women.
“I know where our church, and my church is about saying true leadership, the measure of that is based on who you lift up,” Harris said. He tries to play with people and sells Bibles or tennis shoes in order to understand the Black community. Come on.”
Harris also took on criticism from Trump for a lack of engagement with the Black church. She responded by speaking about growing up in the Black church and attending the 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland, Calif.
Harris said that she was the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana cases. Harris said that she would work to decriminalize the possession of marijuana if she were to be elected president.
Harris defended criticism that she is too scripted as being disciplined, and sought to reclaim the narrative about her record, saying her work on behalf of the Black community has been warped by her political rivals.
Harris plugged her plans to provide forgiveable loans to entrepreneurs, tax breaks for small business start-ups, down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers, Medicare benefits for home care, and tax credits for low- and middle-income families as measures that would help Black Americans.
When a caller asked Harris why Democrats were “waving the finger at Black men” even as Trump is gaining support among other demographic groups, Harris sidestepped the question, saying, “I think what what is happening is that we are all working on reminding people what is at stake, and that is very important.”
“One of the biggest challenges that I face is mis- and disinformation,” Harris said. The idea is to convince people that I don’t think they should believe the work I’ve done.
That concern was underscored in remarks by former President Barack Obama in Pittsburgh last week. He said the lack of enthusiasm for Harris “seems to be more pronounced with the brothers,” which he attributed to a reluctance to vote for a woman.
When Charlamagne suggested that Trump’s vision for the country should be called fascism, adding “Why can’t we just say it?” Harris replied: “Yeah, we can say that.”
Vice President Harris sought to address critics that Democrats do not always take Black voters for granted during a town hall on Tuesday with the influential radio host.