Economic concerns are top of voters' minds, but Kamala Harris is choosing a different path for her closing argument

• Kamala Harris has stepped up her attacks connected Donald Trump, echoing John Kelly's position that he's "a fascist."
• Her attraction connected Trump carries immoderate consequence arsenic polls show voters are still much concerned astir nan economy.
• Harris is group to present a awesome reside connected Tuesday successful a spot powerfully associated pinch January 6.

Kamala Harris is trying to flight Joe Biden's unpopular shadow, but she's closing nan statesmanlike run pinch what was erstwhile his cardinal message.

Harris and her friends person seized connected erstwhile White House main of unit John Kelly calling Donald Trump a "fascist." Her run already has a TV advertisement pinch Kelly's words connected nan airwaves.

Harris is readying a awesome reside connected Tuesday that she will present successful nan aforesaid location wherever Trump pushed debunked claims astir nan 2020 predetermination connected nan greeting of January 6, 2021, hours earlier rioters stopped nan certification of Trump's defeat.

In a segment fewer could person erstwhile predicted, Harris is besides relying connected Republicans specified arsenic erstwhile Congresswoman Liz Cheney and conservatives for illustration nan noted commentator Charlie Sykes to thrust location her transportation to much centrist voters.

Her strategy is not without risk.

"It's a anemic connection that is not going to activity for her, because it has already been tried retired by President Biden complete nan past mates of years," Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist, told Business Insider. "What she should beryllium doing is continuing to waste herself to nan American group who don't cognize her rather yet, and she's only had 100 days to specify herself."

For months, polls person shown that the economy remains voters' apical concern, though populist is still important.

A New York Times-Siena College canvass released connected Friday recovered that nan system was nan astir important rumor to 27% of nan apt electorate. The authorities of democracy/corruption was further down nan privilege database down abortion and immigration.

Harris held a 6 percent constituent lead regarding who voters trusted to do a amended occupation handling democracy. But Trump is still much trusted erstwhile it comes to handling nan economy.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who ran doubly for nan Democratic statesmanlike nomination, told nan Associated Press that Harris "has to commencement talking much to nan needs of working-class people." Addressing concerns that she's making nan incorrect closing argument, Harris told reporters connected Friday that voters tin process aggregate things simultaneously.

"One of nan things that I emotion astir nan American group is we tin clasp galore thoughts astatine once," Harris said.

Ryan Williams, who worked connected Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign, said Harris' determination to thin further into attacking Trump risks striking nan incorrect chord pinch voters.

"It's a beautiful dour and benignant of acheronian closing message, which is beautiful different than erstwhile she sewage into nan title — this thought that she was moving connected vibes and joy," Williams told Business Insider. "This is not a joyful ending to nan run to fundamentally spell retired and impeach your force of being Hitler."

In an question and reply pinch The New York Times, Kelly, who besides erstwhile led nan Homeland Security Department, said that Trump fell nether nan meaning of being a "fascist" and would fundamentally govern for illustration a dictator if voters return him to power. In response, Trump wrote connected Truth Social that Kelly is "a LOWLIFE, and a bad General."

Trump is 1 of nan astir well-known statesmanlike hopefuls successful history, making it difficult for caller attacks to resonate. Polling shows Trump is besides much celebrated now than erstwhile he near agency successful January 2021.

"Look, we've heard a batch of utmost things astir Donald Trump, from Donald Trump, it's benignant of par for nan course, it's really, unfortunately, pinch a feline for illustration that benignant of baked into nan ballot astatine this point," Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, a Republican, precocious told CNN erstwhile asked astir Kelly's statements.

Those extracurricular nan Harris run opportunity her attack is well-taken.

Evan Roth Smith, nan lead pollster astatine BluePrint, pointed to nan results of his group's testing of various imaginable closing arguments. A connection pointing retired that nan immense mostly of Trump's Cabinet has not endorsed his 2024 tally and really his actions connected January 6 endangered then-Vice President Mike Pence scored nan highest.

Roth Smith said nan existent messaging is different because immoderate of nan harshest criticisms travel from those erstwhile wrong Trump's White House.

"It's overmuch convincing erstwhile Republicans opportunity nasty things astir Republicans and not conscionable immoderate Republican, someone, and much than 1 someone, who were faces of nan Trump management itself," he told Business Insider.