Kamala Harris sparks Democratic enthusiasm: “When we fight, we win” | USA Elections

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Milwaukee this Tuesday, 48 hours after Joe Biden announced that he was abandoning his efforts to be re-elected to the White House, to offer the first formal rally of his presidential campaign. She has not yet obtained the nomination of the Democratic Party, but she already has enough delegates to do so.

In front of a dedicated audience of about 3,000 people, Harris reiterated the messages she launched on Monday during a meeting at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington (Delaware), which until then belonged to Biden: she attacked her rival, Donald Trump, and presented the fight between the two like a prosecutor against a convicted criminal and promised that if she wins in November she will be a president who looks to the future instead of thinking about the past. “When we fight, we win,” she told the enthusiastic crowd.

The vice president recalled his history as a prosecutor, and emphasized a message that has become a hallmark of his presidential career: “In those jobs, I encountered criminals of all kinds: predators who abused women, scammers who defrauded consumers, fraudsters who broke the rules for their own gain,” he said. “So believe me: I’ve known people like Donald Trump.”

In a call with reporters around the same time as the rally, Trump said he was willing to debate Harris (if nothing changes, the two are scheduled for September 10 on the ABC News set), and he responded to the attacks. “She’s the same as Biden, but much more radical. “She’s a radical left-wing person and this country today does not want a radical left-wing person.”

Harris’ speech lasted 17 minutes, during which she asked the audience: “Ultimately, in this election, each of us must answer: What kind of country do we want to live in?” “Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate?”

He presented himself as a president “for the middle class,” promising to pass a law that would increase gun control and focused on one of his favorite topics, abortion rights: “Those of us who believe in reproductive freedom will stop the excessive prohibitions Trump is imposing. We trust women to be able to make decisions about their own bodies, not have their government tell them what to do.”

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In such a short time, while her campaign broke records for small donations (more than $100 million in two days), her followers have already created the first slogans related to Harris’s driving ideas. “Lock him up, lock him up,” they shouted about Trump, reversing the Trumpist calls to imprison Hillary Clinton in 2016. They also chanted: “We will not go back!”

Harris spoke at a high school about eight miles southwest of downtown Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention was held last week, a conclave that crowned Trump as the party’s absolute leader, with dissidents of his MAGA ideology (Make America Great Again) banned. Wisconsin is one of the decisive states in the November elections, and candidates will be campaigning to visit it repeatedly to attract their voters.

a pop event

The vice president’s rally also served to prove that her personality is experiencing an explosion these days in the gluttonous and temperamental world of pop culture. On the one hand, there is a cascade of memes celebrating her eccentricities and infectious laughter. On the other, the support of pop stars like British Charli XCX or Beyoncé, who allowed the Harris campaign to use her song. Freedom at the campaign (it seemed to be welcoming and saying goodbye to the electoral event in Milwaukee). Chants of “Kamalnomenon” were also heard, another familiar reference for members of Generation Z that requires an instruction manual for the rest: it relates to the song by Chappel Rhone. FeminineWhich has been used by young social media users in their short videos about Harris.

On the other hand, the Democratic National Committee clarified a little more what Harris’s acclamation process will be like. Any candidate for the nomination will have to appear before July 30, as long as they have the support of 300 members. If only Harris arrives (and everything indicates that she will), virtual voting will begin the next day. This Wednesday the committee will vote to approve those rules. Then it will be up to Harris to choose her second in command. The pool for that position is open, and it includes some governors such as Josh Shapiro (Pennsylvania), Roy Cooper (North Carolina), JB Pritzker (Illinois) and Andy Beshear (Kentucky), as well as one senator: Mark Kelly of Arizona.

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