Harris will experience a key moment in her career in America’s third largest city, crowning one of the most eventful months in contemporary American politics.
The vice president, 59 years old, injected adrenaline into the blue party by receiving the support of Joe Biden to take over the campaign, after the 81-year-old president decided to end his search for re-election, cornered by criticism aggravated by a disastrous participation in a debate against Donald Trump.
A survey of The Washington Post/ABC/Ipsos released this Sunday placed her slightly above the former president and Republican candidate, who a month ago was tied with Biden.
But Harris, whose effervescence makes the Republican Partyis not confident. “I don’t see us as favourites at all,” he told the media in Pennsylvania This Sunday during a bus tour with his running mate, the governor of Minnesota, Tim Waltz“We must earn every vote and that means being on the road, meeting the people,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trump, who had to redefine his attack strategy after Biden’s departure, has chosen to disqualify Harris with personal insults and has detailed a packed agenda of events in key states such as Pennsylvania, where in July she was the target of an assassination attempt.
The tycoon returns there this Monday, to then continue to Michigan, North Carolina and Arizonawhere he will visit the border with Mexico to talk about migrationthe core of his electoral platform.
What will the Democratic Convention that will proclaim Kamala Harris be like?
Some 50,000 people are expected to flock to Chicago to hear their candidate, who is due to give the event’s most important speech on Thursday evening.
The protest has resulted in an intricate security operation, with some 2,500 police officers on the streets. Police are everywhere in Chicago on bicycles and in patrol cars.
The Democratic meeting also attracted dozens of activists who took to the streets since Sunday to protest for reproductive rights, LGBT community and in favor of a ceasefire in LoopLocal authorities have promised to provide guarantees to the protesters as long as they remain “peaceful.”
Who will be the keynote speakers at the Democratic Convention?
On the shores of the imposing Lake Michigan, the heavyweights of the Democratic Party will take turns on the stage to support Harris, starting with the former president Barack Obama and his wife Michellewho will speak on Tuesday.
In their Chicago stronghold, the charismatic couple will seek to stir up the passions of Democrats, many of whom say they find, in this start to the vice president’s campaign, a euphoria reminiscent of the march to the White House of the first black president of the United States, in 2008.
Biden’s speech will already have to be imbued with nostalgia and will have the flavor of a farewell.
The president, who was originally going to come to Chicago United Center In order to solidify his bid for a second term, he will instead offer a closing to his half-century of political career, the icing on the cake of which will be the endorsement of Harris.
After reviewing the achievements of his first and only term, Biden will ask for support for the vice president, “highlighting” the importance of the election compared to Trump, who has been criminally convicted and has not committed to admitting a possible defeat.
The event in Chicago is intended to be a show of unity and enthusiasm for the tycoon, who until now has been the sole master of the Republican Party and is still adored by his base.
Source: Ambito
