Kamala Harris mentions Trump 24 times in fired-up 'closing' plea to voters to put her in the White House

Kamala Harris delivered her closing statement to Americans connected Thursday night, opinionated earlier nan White House to inquire them to ballot for her alternatively of rival Donald Trump, whom she referred to arsenic a 'petty tyrant.'

'This is personification who is unstable, obsessed pinch revenge, consumed pinch grievance, and retired for unchecked power,' she said of Trump. 

She said connected nan Ellipse, a conception of nan National Mall that features nan White House arsenic its backdrop.

Her reside was a plea to scope nan mini number of undecided voters still retired location and those voters who are connected nan obstruction astir voting connected November 5th. Polls show nan statesmanlike title is fundamentally tied pinch 7 days to go.

Trump was nan main attraction of her remarks. She mentioned him 24 times. And she attacked nan erstwhile president from nan start, criticizing him for his consequence to nan insurrection connected January 6th.

She said from nan aforesaid spot he said connected January 6th, 2021, erstwhile he encouraged his supporters to march connected nan Capitol to overturn nan election results. The striking opposition successful images is what Harris' run was going for, saying they picked they location deliberately.

'Donald Trump sat successful nan White House, watching arsenic nan unit unfolded connected television,' Harris said.

'He was told by his unit that nan mob wanted to termination his ain vice president and Donald Trump responded pinch 2 words: truthful what?'

'And that's who is asking you to springiness him different 4 years successful nan Oval Office,' she added.

The nighttime was nan grand, sweeping arena her run wanted. There were astir 75,000 group cheering Harris connected – pinch a fewer Gaza protesters connected nan sidelines – and each nan cablegram networks carried her remarks.

In summation to attacking her rival, Harris besides tackled nan area wherever she is astir politically vulnerable: separator security. Trump and Republicans person attacked her many times connected nan migration issue.

In her remarks, she pledged to region forbidden migrants who came to nan state unlawfully if she becomes president.

'When I americium president, we will quickly region those who get present unlawfully, prosecute nan cartels and springiness separator patrol nan support that they truthful desperately need,' Harris said.

She repeated her promise to walk a separator information measure that was killed successful Congress earlier this twelvemonth aft Trump encouraged Republicans to do so.

'I will activity pinch Democrats and Republicans to activity connected nan separator information measure for Donald Trump killed,' she said.

She besides noted: 'At nan aforesaid time, we must admit we are a federation of immigrants. And I will activity pinch legislature to walk migration reform, including an earned way to citizenship for hardworking immigrants for illustration farmworkers.'

Her run said Tuesday night's reside would beryllium Harris' 'closing argument' to voters.

Noting her inheritance arsenic a prosecutor, nan run pointed retired she has laid retired nan grounds and nan facts and was not fresh to make her last pitch.

The cardinal statement of that transportation is that she is not Donald Trump.

'I connection a different path. And I inquire for your vote,' Harris said.

'I americium not looking to people governmental points. I americium looking to make progress. I promise to perceive to experts, to those who will beryllium impacted by nan decisions I make. And 2 group who disagree pinch maine - dissimilar Donald Trump - I don't judge group who disagree pinch maine are nan enemy. He wants to put them successful jailhouse I'll springiness them a spot astatine nan table,' she noted.

Harris called connected nan state to cull 'the schemes of wannabe dictators' and to 'start penning nan adjacent section successful nan astir bonzer communicative ever told.' 

'I promise to beryllium a president for each Americans,' she vowed.

Her remarks were besides immoderate of her astir personal.

'I'm not perfect. I make mistakes but here's what I committedness you: I will ever perceive to you moreover if you don't ballot for me. I will ever show you nan truth - moreover if it is difficult to hear,' she said.

'Donald Trump would locomotion into that agency pinch an enemies database erstwhile elected, I will locomotion successful pinch a to-do database to get done for nan American group and I will activity pinch everyone Democrats, Republicans, and independents to thief Americans who are moving difficult and still struggling to get ahead,' she said.

And she referenced her puerility arsenic nan girl of immigrants, specifically referring to her precocious mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who migrated from India pinch nan extremity of curing bosom cancer. Her mother died of colon crab successful 2009.

'I've lived nan committedness of America. I saw really difficult our mother worked to springiness her daughters nan aforesaid chances this state gave her. Growing up, I was blessed to person family by humor and family by emotion who instilled successful maine nan values of community, compassion, and faith. They person ever defined our federation astatine its best,' Harris said.

Security was tight astatine nan outdoor event.

Metal fencing surrounded nan full area southbound of nan White House arsenic agelong lines formed to spell done nan magnetometers.

Thick slug impervious solid stood successful beforehand and to nan sides of wherever Harris would speak .

Helicopters buzzed overhead arsenic it sewage person to nan vice president's arrival. Security was seen connected nan tile of adjacent buildings.

Outbursts from pro-Palestinian protesters peppered her remarks.

One demonstrator held a hand-written 'Stop Arming Israel' sign. Just beyond nan metallic information gates, Palestinian flags could beryllium seen - and a ample Trump sign.