Kamala Harris headlines her first fundraiser for the presidential race

This Saturday, US Vice President Kamala Harris held her first fundraising event as a potential Democratic candidate for the White House, with an ambitious goal of raising US$1.4 million. A figure that would reflect the enthusiasm generated by his presidential candidacy.

In front of an audience of about 800 people gathered in a theater in Pittsfield (Massachusetts), Harris accused her rival for the November elections, the Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump (2017-2021), seek to undermine Americans’ freedoms.

“What kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law or one of anarchy, fear and hate?” he asked the people present.

Harris confessed to his followers that he began the race with “a definite disadvantage” Less than 100 days before the electionBut she was confident she could defeat Trump.

As she has done in recent days, Harris cited the example of Career as prosecutorHis work includes California Attorney GeneralTo launch a scathing attack on Trump, the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted of a crime.

The vice president listed some of the legal problems of Trump, who was convicted last May of 34 criminal charges for falsifying business records to conceal an alleged affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels.

In addition, a jury found last year that he sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, and in 2018, he had to pay $25 million to people who paid to attend a now-shuttered real estate seminar called Trump University.

“I have faced people like him throughout my career. So, in this campaign, and I really mean this, I can proudly put my record up against yours at any time.They said.

Thousands of people gathered outside the theater where Harris gave her speech, hoping to see the caravan of vehicles carrying the vice president. Some carried Banners with slogans such as “Save our country”.

The event Harris attended was scheduled before she became the virtual Democratic nominee after US President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign last Sunday and chose her as his successor.

Initially, the fundraising event, which included a joint musical performance James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma and Emmanuelle X, About $400,000 could be raised, according to a source familiar with the details of the program who spoke to the Politico portal.

However, the campaign now estimates it could raise up to $1.4 million.

(With information from EFE)