Harris attacks Trump in a "swing state"

Harris attacks Trump in a "swing state" RP ONLINE • 8 hours • 6 minutes reading time Milwaukee/Washington. Trump has just been chosen as the presidential candidate in Milwaukee. Now his new political opponent Harris is appearing there. The location for her campaign launch is probably no coincidence. The possible US presidential candidate of the Democrats, Kamala Harris, has started her campaign with a 17-minute speech. The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has aggressively launched her campaign in the strategically important state of Wisconsin and presented herself as the opposite of the Republican candidate Donald Trump. "You all helped us win in 2020. And we will win again in 2024," Harris said to cheering supporters in Milwaukee. It was the 59-year-old's first real campaign speech in her new role. The US Vice President is opening her race for the nomination as her party's top candidate and possibly also for the US presidency with enormous support from the ranks of the Democrats and record amounts of donations. Order the RP ONLINE newsletter Voice of the West for free now In her speech she sharply attacked Trump. The right-wing populist is pursuing a backward-looking policy, Harris said on Tuesday. "Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law, or in a country of chaos, fear and hatred?" she added. One focus of her speech was the right to abortion. Harris accused Trump of wanting to ban abortions. "We trust that women make decisions about their own bodies and do not let the government dictate what they have to do," she said. The Vice President said that if she were elected she would campaign for expanding access to abortion, making it easier to join unions and combating gun violence. These points contrast with Trump's plans. The possible US presidential candidate of the Democrats, Kamala Harris, has started her campaign with a 17-minute speech. It is probably no coincidence that Harris chose Wisconsin as the start of her campaign. The state in the Midwest of the USA, which borders Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, is a so-called swing state. While the majority of voters in other states have long leaned towards either the Democrats or the Republicans, in these particularly hotly contested swing states it is difficult to predict whether the Republican or Democratic candidate will win. This is why these states are decisive in the election. Wisconsin, with its almost six million inhabitants, is dominated by agriculture. Last week the Republican Party Convention took place in the metropolis of Milwaukee, where Harris also appeared - Trump was officially chosen as his party's candidate there. In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden only narrowly beat Trump in Wisconsin. This time, too, an extremely close race is emerging. Harris presents herself as a tough prosecutor Harris tried to score points with her biography in her speech in Wisconsin - she was the district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general in her home state of California. "I know Donald Trump's type," she said, making a similar statement to the one she had made to her campaign team the day before - an indication that this may be a strategy in the election campaign. "I took on the big banks on Wall Street and held them accountable for fraud. Donald Trump has just been found guilty of 34 counts of fraud," she said. Trump was found guilty at the end of May in the trial for concealing hush money payments to a porn actress. It is the first time in US history that a former president has been convicted of a crime. Trump is showing his claws Trump is meanwhile trying to prevent Harris from accessing funds that Biden collected when he was still a presidential candidate. According to US media, Trump's team has filed a complaint with the relevant authority. The move is not surprising. Trump regularly invents unflattering nicknames for his rivals, but seems to have a hard time with Harris. His party colleagues are also at a loss. Trump's base would probably react with joy and rejection to demographic data - woman, black, daughter of immigrants - but Trump is not trying to score points with that. Harris' political program is also not a good target: When it comes to abortion rights, she is on the same side as two-thirds of the US population. For days, silly accusations have been circulating among Republicans. She buys fancy cooking equipment or laughs too much or too rarely. RP ONLINE • 8 hours • 6 minutes reading time Milwaukee/Washington. Trump has just been chosen as the presidential candidate in Milwaukee. Now his new political opponent Harris is appearing there. The location for her campaign launch is probably no coincidence. The possible US presidential candidate of the Democrats, Kamala Harris, has started her campaign with a 17-minute speech. The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has aggressively launched her campaign in the strategically important state of Wisconsin and presented herself as the opposite of the Republican candidate Donald Trump. "You all helped us win in 2020. And we will win again in 2024," Harris said to cheering supporters in Milwaukee. It was the 59-year-old's first real campaign speech in her new role. The US Vice President is opening her race for the nomination as her party's top candidate and possibly also for the US presidency with enormous support from the ranks of the Democrats and record amounts of donations. Order the RP ONLINE newsletter Voice of the West for free now In her speech she sharply attacked Trump. The right-wing populist is pursuing a backward-looking policy, Harris said on Tuesday. "Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the rule of law, or in a country of chaos, fear and hatred?" she added. One focus of her speech was the right to abortion. Harris accused Trump of wanting to ban abortions. "We trust that women make decisions about their own bodies and do not let the government dictate what they have to do," she said. The Vice President said that if she were elected she would campaign for expanding access to abortion, making it easier to join unions and combating gun violence. These points contrast with Trump's plans. The possible US presidential candidate of the Democrats, Kamala Harris, has started her campaign with a 17-minute speech. It is probably no coincidence that Harris chose Wisconsin as the start of her campaign. The state in the Midwest of the USA, which borders Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, is a so-called swing state. While the majority of voters in other states have long leaned towards either the Democrats or the Republicans, in these particularly hotly contested swing states it is difficult to predict whether the Republican or Democratic candidate will win. This is why these states are decisive in the election. Wisconsin, with its almost six million inhabitants, is dominated by agriculture. Last week the Republican Party Convention took place in the metropolis of Milwaukee, where Harris also appeared - Trump was officially chosen as his party's candidate there. In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden only narrowly beat Trump in Wisconsin. This time, too, an extremely close race is emerging. Harris presents herself as a tough prosecutor Harris tried to score points with her biography in her speech in Wisconsin - she was the district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general in her home state of California. "I know Donald Trump's type," she said, making a similar statement to the one she had made to her campaign team the day before - an indication that this may be a strategy in the election campaign. "I took on the big banks on Wall Street and held them accountable for fraud. Donald Trump has just been found guilty of 34 counts of fraud," she said. Trump was found guilty at the end of May in the trial for concealing hush money payments to a porn actress. It is the first time in US history that a former president has been convicted of a crime. Trump is showing his claws Trump is meanwhile trying to prevent Harris from accessing funds that Biden collected when he was still a presidential candidate. According to US media, Trump's team has filed a complaint with the relevant authority. The move is not surprising. Trump regularly invents unflattering nicknames for his rivals, but seems to have a hard time with Harris. His party colleagues are also at a loss. Trump's base would probably react with joy and rejection to demographic data - woman, black, daughter of immigrants - but Trump is not trying to score points with that. Harris' political program is also not a good target: When it comes to abortion rights, she is on the same side as two-thirds of the US population. For days, silly accusations have been circulating among Republicans. She buys fancy cooking equipment or laughs too much or too rarely.