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Kamala Harris Delivers Powerful 'Closing Argument' To Huge Ellipse Crowd

Kamala Harris Delivers Powerful 'Closing Argument' To Huge Ellipse Crowd

In front of a massive overflow crowd numbering up to 75,000 people, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her “closing argument” in DC’s Ellipse.

The crowds were straight out of Donald Trump’s fondest fantasies, the kind of crowd he couldn’t garner this year to save his life. (Madison Square Garden’s capacity is 19,500, so he maybe drew a third of Harris’ crowd at his Nazi rally).

You know how Trump always lies about the 50,000 people outside his venues? That might actually be true for Harris in this case. Remember, this is the OVERFLOW.

Harris spoke about Trump’s inability to campaign for anyone but himself, how he aims to divide the country, and his impulse to turn every single detractor into the enemy.

The rally’s location wasn’t an accident. It delivered a message of its own.

Unlike Trump’s airing of grievances and never-ending stream of weird or offensive lies, Harris actually showed up with real issues. “Donald Trump will walk into that office with an enemies list,” she said. “I will walk in with a to-do list.”

She spoke of lowering the cost of child care, making homeownership possible for more people, ending gun violence, and allowing Medicare to cover the cost of home care. Harris promised to sign the bipartisan border bill into law, which got a tepid response from the crowd but is good politics and, quite possibly, good policy. But she followed that up with a full defense of immigrants to a much more enthusiastic audience response.

She promised to restore federal abortion rights.

Harris attacked Trump for his disrespect of our men and women in uniform. “I will always honor, never denigrate, the service and sacrifice of our troops and their families and fulfill our sacred obligation to care for them,” she said. “I will strengthen, not surrender, America’s global leadership. I will stand with our friends because I know our alliances keep Americans safe.”

She said that Trump offers “more chaos,” which is a theme I would love to see stressed even more. People are tired of the Trump circus, even many of his supporters. I suspect that promising some calm in the White House is a winner. She contrasted with Trump’s promises to jail his critics and opponents, offering to be a president for all Americans.

“I will always put country over party and self,” she said. “I love my country with all my heart, and I believe in its promise.” She compared America’s fight for freedom against a petty tyrant to the current fight to prevent another petty tyrant from taking power. I loved this:

She compared America’s fight for freedom against a petty tyrant to the current fight to prevent another petty tyrant from taking power. I loved this: Unlike Trump’s closing statement at Madison Square Garden, she kept things short and sweet. No one left early. No one was insulted in the most vulgar terms.

And in the end, she made people feel good about supporting her, about heading out to do all the GOTV work we need to do to bring this one home. She’s kind, hopeful, unifying, composed, and coherent.

The contrast couldn’t be starker.

I feel good about next Tuesday. Let’s close strong!



Former President Donald Trump

Trump's Own 'Kristallnacht' : A 'Really Violent Day' Of Policing

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump openly advocated police brutality when, during a campaign speech in Erie, Pennsylvania on Sunday, September 29, he called for "one really violent day" of policing.

This "extraordinarily rough" approach, Trump promised, would dramatically reduce crime in major U.S. cities. And he proposed putting Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) in charge of this effort.

Trump told the crowd, "One rough hour, and I mean real rough, the word will get out, and it will end immediately. End immediately. You know, it'll end immediately."

Political scholars, historians, and experts on authoritarianism have been quick to call out this rhetoric as incredibly dangerous.

Trump told the crowd, "One rough hour, and I mean real rough, the word will get out, and it will end immediately. End immediately. You know, it'll end immediately."

Political scholars, historians and experts on authoritarianism have been quick to call out this rhetoric as incredibly dangerous.

Journalist Jim Stewartson warned that Trump's call for a "really violent day" of policing brought to mind Nazi German's Kristallnacht of November 9, 1938, when Adolf Hitler supporters attacked Jewish businesses all over Germany. Trump didn't use the German word "Kristallnacht" specifically, but Stewartson argued that Trump was promoting something comparable.

Stewartson tweeted, "In PA today, Donald Trump gave one of the most dangerous speeches of the 21st century by describing his strategy for reducing crime as Kristallnacht, 'one extraordinarily rough, one really rough nasty day. One rough hour. You know it'll end immediately…. I've seen this described as The Purge, which is wrong. That was a movie where the population was set against itself. This is the description of state-sponsored wide-spread violence. It actually happened."

Scholar Jamie Chapman, similarly, posted, "For those history buffs out there - yes, he's calling for the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht)."

Historian Dr. Gina van Raphael wrote, "Kristallnacht. That's what Trump is asking for with this purge in a day of violence. I hope the younger ones understand what that means."

Reprinted with permission from Alternet.

Hillary Clinton Draws Sharp Contrast With Trump in Economic Speech: Makes 30 Promises to American Workers

Hillary Clinton Draws Sharp Contrast With Trump in Economic Speech: Makes 30 Promises to American Workers

Published with permission from Alternet

It wasn’t too hard to trump Donald Trump’s big economic policy speech in Detroit on Monday. And Hillary Clinton easily made it over that hurdle. “[Trump] describes America like an embarrassment,” Hillary Clinton told factory workers in Warren, Michigan on Thursday. “There are really good jobs out there if you get the skills!”

Calling Trump “the enemy of the little guy, whose plan only works for those at the top,” Clinton explained that her plan didn’t just include saving jobs, but also getting on-the-job training for new industries.

Here’s what Hillary promised to do for America in her speech:

1. Put political progress above ideology.

2. Make the rich pay their fair share of taxes.

3. Implement the biggest investment in new good-paying jobs since World War II.

4. Connect underserved neighborhoods to opportunities.

5. Modernize transportation systems.

6. Expand affordable housing.

7. Repair schools.

8. Repair water systems.

9. Connect every household to broadband by 2020.

10. Build a cleaner, more resilient power grid.

11. Make the U.S. a clean energy superpower.

12. Unleash the power of the private sector.

13. Create an infrastructure bank to get private funds off the sidelines.

14. Invest $10 billion in “Make It in America” partnerships to support American manufacturing.

15. Expand new market tax credit.

16. Expand access to credit through community banks and credit unions.

17. Propose a new plan to simplify tax filing for small businesses.

18. Promote training programs where you “earn while you learn.”

19. Make college free for the middle class.

20. Make college debt-free for everyone.

21. Stop any deal that shuts down wages, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

22. Increase accessibility to childcare for middle-income parents.

23. Reform Social Security.

24. Support comprehensive immigration reform to prevent undocumented workers from being exploited.

25. Improve the Affordable Care Act.

26. Strengthen labor unions.

27. Overturn Citizens United.

28. Raise the minimum wage.

29. Expand voting rights.

30. Bring the progress of innovating Michigan communities to every community.

Photo: U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at Futuramic Tool & Engineering in Warren, Michigan August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Keane

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