Kamala Harris attacks Trump and electrifies his supporters during his first rally

Carried by the enthusiasm around its irruption into the race for the White House, Kamala Harris gave a resolutely turned speech on Tuesday. towards the future during his first campaign rally, attacking his rival Donald Trump and his “extremism”.

The Republican Party candidate for the November presidential election “wants to take our country back,” said the vice-president of the United States in an energetic speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a decisive state for her probable duel against Mr. Trump.

“But we will not go back,” the Democrat affirmed to an audience of electrified supporters who have said it several times acclaimed.

“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 , accusing his opponent of being in the pay of billionaires and of seeking to weaken the middle class.

The latter, who held a virtual press conference at the same time , assured him that Kamala Harris would be “easier” to beat than Joe Biden in the election, saying he was ready to debate with her.

“I would be ready to participate in more than one debate, in fact,” he said.

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< p>Meanwhile, Joe Biden, recovered from Covid, returned to the White House, after confinement for almost a week in his vacation home in Rehoboth, on the Atlantic coast.

(COMBO) Donald Trump in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024 and Kamala Harris on July 22, 2024 © AFP – Nick Oxford, Brendan SMIALOWSKI

It was from there that he wrote a letter to Americans on Sunday announcing his withdrawal from the campaign, one of the greatest political upheavals in modern history, and which he will explain Wednesday evening during an address to the nation.

He immediately passed the torch to his 59-year-old vice-president, who now has less than four months to convince the Americans.

The former California senator promised in Milwaukee to defend abortion rights, fight poverty and strengthen the middle class.

The choice of this town in Wisconsin is obviously not a coincidence: it is there that the Republican convention took place last week, during which Donald Trump was inaugurated as the candidate of this party for the November 5 election.

For four days, this grand mass demonstrated the former president's absolute control over the Republicans. The billionaire, who survived an assassination attempt, was greeted as a hero and crowned with great pomp.

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But Wisconsin is also, and above all, one of the handful of states that should decide the fate of the presidential election.

Donald Trump has so far appeared to be leading the race in Wisconsin against Joe Biden, but it is still too early to say whether he will maintain this lead against Kamala Harris.

The candidate has only been campaigning since Sunday, but she is already assured of the support of the majority of Democratic delegates — some 4,000 people responsible for officially designating the party's nominee.

The calendar of the American presidential election © AFP – Jonathan WALTER, Anibal MAIZ CACERES, Gal ROMA

The leaders of the Democrats in the Senate and the House of Representatives, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, among the last Democratic leaders not to have publicly aligned themselves behind his candidacy, announced Tuesday the support.

The vice president also received support from Hollywood star George Clooney, one of the first major Democratic donors to call on Joe Biden to step down, as well as billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates, ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

The powerful steelworkers union, the USW, also gave her its support, stressing in a statement that Ms. Harris had consistently defended the interests of workers during her four years alongside Joe Biden.

Illustrating the enthusiasm surrounding Kamala Harris' candidacy, her campaign team announced Tuesday morning that it had raised more than $100 million since she declared her candidacy, including 62% of first-time donations for a Democratic campaign.

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