Twice-failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris has taken aim at President Donald Trump in a fiery new speech.
Harris returned to the political scene with an anti-Trump speech on Wednesday night.
In an ongoing trend for the Democrats, Harris dedicated her speech to attacking Trump rather than presenting new ideas.
True to form, she slammed the Trump administration’s first 100 days.
Harris had a very negative, often angry-sounding message in her speech.
“We are seeing the wholesale abandonment” of American ideals, Harris claimed about Trump’s priorities.
“Now, I know tonight’s event happens to coincide with the 100 days after the inauguration, and I’ll leave to others to give a full accounting of what has happened so far,” she said.
“But I will say this. Instead of the administration working to advance America’s highest ideals, we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of those ideals.”
Harris accused Trump of advancing “an agenda [of] a narrow, self-serving vision of America,” threatening to bring a “constitutional crisis” to the nation.
The former vice president accused Trump of bringing “absolute chaos” to the U.S. through his tariff policy.
Harris continued by alleging that Trump is responsible for the “greatest manmade economic crisis in modern presidential history.”
But beyond this, Harris claimed that the Trump administration is advancing an intentional vision to undermine American democracy.
“Some people are describing what has been happening in recent months as absolute chaos, and of course, I understand why, and it’s certainly true of those tariffs,” she said.
“But friends, please let us not be duped into thinking everything is chaos.”
She continued: “What we are in fact witnessing is a high-velocity event.
“Where a vessel is being used for the swift implementation of an agenda that has been decades in the making.
“An agenda to slash public education, an agenda to shrink government, and then to privatize its services, all while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.”
“Right now, we are living in their vision for America,” Harris went on.
“It’s an agenda, a narrow, self-serving vision of America where they punish truth tellers, favor loyalists cashing in on their power, and leave everyone to fend for themselves, all while abandoning allies and retreating from the world.”
Harris further alluded to the Trump administration’s deportation of an illegal alien MS-13 gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“It is not okay to detain and to disappear American citizens or anyone without due process.”
However, no American citizens have been “disappeared” by the Trump administration.
She praised the actions of congressional Democrats resisting the Trump administration.
Harris continued by naming several lawmakers, including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), all of whom have been using anti-Trump narratives to campaign on.
She claimed those Democrats “have been speaking with moral clarity about this moment.”
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KAMALA HARRIS: I'm really inspired by Democrat leaders like Chris Van Hollen, Jasmine Crockett, and AOC.
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The former vice president said she was inspired by the Democrats’ electoral victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election as well as “the courage of judges to uphold the rule of law” and “universities that are defying unconstitutional demands that threaten the pursuit of truth and academic independence.”
Harris went on to say that “if Congress fails to do its part, or if the courts fail to do their part, or if both do their part, but the president defies them anyway.
“Well, friends, that is called a constitutional crisis.”
Harris gave her speech at Emerge’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco.
Emerge, a training organization that seeks to prepare Democrat women to run for office, charged $25 for viewers to gain access to the virtual livestream.
Other package options included a $100 fee for young professionals and a $250 general admission ticket.
The former vice president did not address rumors that she may be considering a run for governor of California.
However, she did offer her own “words of wisdom” by referencing a viral video of elephants at the San Diego Zoo during a recent earthquake.
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“Here those elephants were,” Harris said.
“And as soon as they felt the earth shaking beneath their feet, they cut in a circle and stood next to each other to protect the most vulnerable.”
Harris urged Democrats to be more like elephants, calling it a “powerful metaphor.”
“Because we know those who try to incite fear are most effective when they divide and conquer,” she said.
“When they separate the herd, when they try to make everyone think they are alone.
“But in the face of crisis, the lesson is don’t, don’t scatter.”
Harris added that the people of the U.S. should lean on and connect with each other in her speech.
“The instinct has to be to immediately find and connect with each other, and to know that the circle will be stronger,” Harris continued.
“So I’ll end with this. I am not here tonight to offer all the answers, but I am here to say this.
“You are not alone, and we are all in this together, and straight talk, things are probably going to get worse before they get better.
“But we are ready for it.
“We are not just going to scatter, we are going to stand together.”
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