Showcasing her prosecutorial prowess, Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally Monday night put Donald Trump’s own words front and center, using a montage of damning clips from the former president’s rallies and interviews as exhibit number one on why he is a danger to the country.
“Listen to his words, he tells us who he is, and he tells us what he would do if he’s elected president,” Harris told the crowd at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania. “So, here tonight I will show you one example of Donald Trump’s worldview and intentions. Please roll the clip.”
“The worst people are the enemy from within,” Trump is heard saying in a clip dated Oct. 12 that kicked off various scenes of the former president repeating the same dark declarations about the “people from within.”
“So, you heard his words coming from him,” Harris said to the crowd after they booed the clips of Trump. “He’s talking about the enemy within Pennsylvania – he’s talking about the enemy within our country Pennsylvania.”
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Harris’ unique approach Monday night spurred instant social media reaction.
".@KamalaHarris takes the rare step of playing clips from Donald Trump’s rallies and interviews to underscore her argument that he is dangerous for the United States," noted Jeff Mason, Reuters' White House correspondent.
“Brilliant,” the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project wrote on X.
“Watch, learn and share my friends,” wrote Democratic political strategist Simon Rosenberg in a social media post. He added that Harris “is bringing it every day, and fighting for us with everything she's got.”
"This is the revamped closing stump," wrote attorney and legal analyst Jeffrey Evan Gold.
Harris went on to tell rallygoers Monday night that the list of people Trump would target includes journalists “whose stories he doesn’t like,” election officials “who refuse to cheat” and judges “who insist on following the law instead of bending to his will.”
“He’s saying that he would use the military to go after them, think about this,” she said.
Pennsylvania – and its 19 electoral votes – is a prized battleground state that remains a dead heat between Trump and Harris, according to FiveThirtyEight.
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.@KamalaHarris takes the rare step of playing clips from Donald Trump’s rallies and interviews to underscore her argument that he is dangerous for the United States. pic.twitter.com/ERkrklvuon
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) October 15, 2024