(Houston) Kamala Harris on Thursday denounced before teachers in Texas the “backward-looking” agenda of Donald Trump “and his extremist allies,” during an event of a campaign launched at full speed and focused on the former president.
“Donald Trump and his extremist allies want to take our nation back to failed economic policies,” the Democratic candidate told the American Federation of Teachers, meeting in Houston.
Education, gun control, abortion rights, accessible health care… The fifty-year-old reeled off the campaign arguments she has been honing since Sunday, when she took up the torch after the shock announcement of Joe Biden’s withdrawal, “pushed out” by the Democratic leaders according to Donald Trump.
The Republican billionaire and his allies “have the nerve to tell teachers to put a gun in the classroom when they refuse to pass common-sense gun safety laws,” she told an electrified audience of teachers.
The vice president also discussed book bans in several states, reflecting clashes over social issues related to gender, sexuality, racism: “We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books.”
Beyonce
Kamala Harris’ first campaign video, released Thursday, boasts a soundtrack to the song “Freedom” by the influential Beyoncé, who is known for keeping tight control over her music.
After garnering a significant number of endorsements from Democratic officials and celebrities, the candidate also picked up the support of activist Dolores Huerta on Thursday, a strong voice among Hispanic voters.
Kamala Harris, now almost certain to be the official Democratic Party candidate for the presidential election, was violently attacked by Donald Trump on Wednesday evening during a campaign rally in North Carolina.
He even accused her of being in favor of the “execution of babies” in an anti-abortion diatribe, while defending this right is a theme dear to Kamala Harris.
Without responding directly, the fifty-year-old simply promised on Thursday to restore “women’s freedom to make decisions about their own bodies.”
She too is now given a nickname by Donald Trump, like each of his opponents: “Kamala the liar”.
” Rebellion ”
Donald Trump also accused several Democratic officials on Thursday of forcing Biden to abandon the race for the White House: “they pushed him out, between Pelosi, Obama and others,” he declared on the Fox News channel, even referring to an attempted “coup d’état.”
The behind-the-scenes role of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama in this withdrawal has been widely discussed in the American press for several days.
PHOTO MATT KELLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Donald Trump at his campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday
Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the election. His failed debate at the end of June against Donald Trump led to several weeks of calls from Democrats for him to drop out, believing he was incapable of beating the Republican billionaire in the November election.
On Wednesday, the president, speaking from the Oval Office of the White House, explained that he had made this decision to “save democracy” and make room for “younger voices” – Kamala Harris is more than 20 years his junior.
Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance drew the ire of actress Jennifer Aniston on Thursday for his comment about Kamala Harris not having children. He had then disdained “cat ladies without children, alone and unhappy.”
“I really can’t believe this is coming from a potential Vice President of the United States,” the star of the series responded on Instagram. Friendswho had publicly reported her failures to conceive.