The American vice president and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harrispromised this Tuesday at his big rally in Washington a “new leadership”. To do this, Harris claimed the need to put the country above the party and its interests and look for common sense solutions, unlike her adversary, the former Republican president. donald trump.
“It’s time to turn the page to drama and conflictfear and division. It’s time for a new generation of leadership in America. I am prepared to offer that leadership“said Harris, who assumed the Democratic nomination after the current presidentJoe Bidenwill resign from re-election in July.
Harris spoke in Ellipse Park in the US capital. With the White House In the background, it is the same place from which Trump addressed in 2021 the mob of followers who stormed the Capitol.
“I promise to seek common points and common sense solutions to improve your life. I’m not looking to score political points. I’m looking to progress. “I am committed to listening to the experts, to those who will be affected by the decisions I make and to those who disagree with me,” he said.
His presidency, he noted, will not be like that of the current tenant in the White House: “It will be different because the challenges are different. Our priority as a nation four years ago was to end the pandemic and rescue the economy. Now our biggest challenge is cut prices“he stated.
Pro-Palestine boos
Several hundred people demonstrated on the National Mall in Washington, a few meters from where the vice president offered her symbolic campaign closing rally.
to the cry of ‘Free Palestine’ and demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, protesters booed the Democratic candidate and banged frying pans during the nearly half-hour-minute speech that lasted.
‘Support Palestine, end the Occupation now’read some of the banners directed against the vice president in a National Esplanade packed with thousands of people who could not enter the event.
Harris made no direct mention of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in his speech, but he did emphasize that under his eventual mandate the United States will support its “friends.” Joe Biden’s Administration is being criticized for its support of Israel in the war against Gaza.
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