Joint photo of US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump. file | Photo courtesy: Reuters
US Vice President Kamala Harris focused on former President Donald Trump’s comments that the US military could be used to deal with the “enemy within” as the two presidential candidates met on Monday (Oct. The battlefield took the fight for Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state. 14, 2024).
At her rally in northwestern Pennsylvania, Ms. Harris described Mr. Trump as a grave threat to American democracy who is “out for unchecked power.”
“He considers anyone who doesn’t support him or who doesn’t bend to his will an enemy of our country,” Ms. Harris said after a clip of the remarks was played on a jumbo screen at her rally at Erie Arena. Is.” “This is why I strongly believe that a second Trump term would be a huge risk and dangerous for America.”
Democrat Harris and Republican Trump face off in the country’s biggest 2024 battleground. It was Ms. Harris’s 10th visit to Pennsylvania this campaign season, and Mr. Trump’s Monday town hall in suburban Philadelphia followed visits to Scranton and Reading last week.
Ms Harris was highlighting what she says is an example of Mr Trump’s increasingly “erratic and unruly” behaviour. It’s part of his effort to win over a small group of undecided voters and alienate even a small portion of traditionally Republican voters in the battle for Pennsylvania and six other closely contested states to determine where It remains to be seen who will win next month’s election.
He argued that Mr Trump’s comments fox news The “Sunday Morning Futures” interview is the latest example of the former president’s threatening rhetoric that should worry Americans about what a potential second term for Mr. Trump might look like.
Mr. Trump made the comments in response to a question about potentially disrupting Election Day by “outside agitators,” who he said is an enemy closer to home.
“I think the bigger problem is the enemy within,” Mr Trump said. He added: “We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical leftist lunatics. And I think they are large – and it should be controlled very easily, if necessary, by the National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they cannot let that happen.
Mr Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, defended Mr Trump’s comments during a campaign stop in Minneapolis early Monday.
“Is it a proper use of those assets if they are rioting, looting and burning cities? Of course it is. Right?” Mr. Vance told reporters. “I think the question is whether it’s an appropriate use of the property depends on what’s actually happening.”
published – October 15, 2024 10:35 am IST