On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at a big, boisterous, and joyful rally in Atlanta the place she challenged Donald Trump over his refusal to debate.
Since Harris took middle stage because the probably Democratic nominee, Trump has repeatedly tried to weasel out of assembly her in a debate. At first, Trump’s excuse was that Harris hadn’t secured the endorsement of Barack Obama, however when that endorsement got here just a few hours later, Trump nonetheless didn’t conform to face off with Harris. Trump continued to backpedal in interviews this week, demonstrating his apparent concern.
Harris went straight at Trump’s cowardice in Atlanta. “Well, Donald,” she started, earlier than pausing to smile as the gang cheered. “I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. Because, as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face!”
A capability crowd estimated at 10,000 joined Harris on the Georgia State Conference Heart. Earlier than the occasion, individuals reportedly waited hours in 90-degree warmth in a line that wrapped across the constructing.
As soon as that crowd bought inside, the extent of noise and enthusiasm was at occasions overwhelming. Attendees laughed, cheered, and danced to music from Quavo and Megan Thee Stallion; applauded speeches from Georgia politicians together with Stacey Abrams, Sen. Raphael Warnock, and Sen. Jon Ossoff; and gave Vice President Harris a raucous welcome. It was all an enormous problem to the MAGA mythology that solely Trump can draw giant crowds to a political rally.
Harris challenged Trump straight, not simply over his refusal to debate, however over the coverage that’s on the coronary heart of Trump’s fearful, downbeat marketing campaign.
“Donald Trump does not care about border security, he only cares about himself,” Harris mentioned. “When I am president, I will work to actually solve the problem. As president, I will bring back the border security bill that Donald Trump killed, and I will sign it into law and show Donald Trump what real leadership looks like.”
Trump is slated to be on the similar venue subsequent week together with operating mate JD Vance. That ought to make for some attention-grabbing comparisons.
In the meantime, Harris is scheduled to make a tour of battleground states subsequent week, accompanied by her soon-to-be introduced operating mate. Stops are deliberate in a minimum of six states. If all these occasions are as energized because the rally in Atlanta, it’s going to be an unbelievable week.
