A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by calling the November election a choice between freedom and chaos.
“In this campaign, I promise you, I will proudly hold my record against him any day of the week,” Harris said. “We believe in a future where everyone has the opportunity not just to get by, but to thrive.”
After President Joe Biden dropped out of his re-election bid on Sunday, Harris stopped supporting the Democratic delegate nomination and arrived in the Milwaukee area. It was her first campaign rally since she jumped into the race with Biden’s endorsement just two days earlier.
The event reflected a dynamism among Democrats in recent weeks, and Harris intended to project a sense of steady confidence about the November election. He has collected $100 million in donations as of Sunday afternoon and on Tuesday won the support of more Democratic officials and political groups, including Congressional leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
“The likes of Kamala Harris are as bad as Joe Biden,” Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schming said at a news conference before Harris’ event at a high school outside Milwaukee. “So they’re replacing one bad candidate with another bad candidate in hopes that the people of this state and this country won’t pay attention to where she actually stands on the issues.”