Barack Obamawith his wife Michelle Obamawere present on the second day of the Democratic National Convention. In it, the former president of the USA He gave an electric speech in which he harshly criticized Donald Trump and demonstrated his full support for Kamala Harris: “ We don’t need four more years of bluster, blunders and chaos.”
“We are ready for President Kamala Harris. And Kamala Harris is ready for the job,” Obama said. The evening ended with the nomination ceremony for the Harris-Waltz ticket for the November 5 election.
Barack Obama’s speech
The United Center, the Chicago Bulls’ home stadium, was the venue chosen for a electrifying day. From this Monday until Thursday, August 22, the Democratic National Convention whose main objective is invest as Official Harris Candidatein addition to providing substantial support from the party to the current vice president of the United States.
Obama’s speech was along these lines. At 63, the former US president remains a a leading figure in the Democratic Party and expectations for hearing it were high.
At the beginning, Obama strongly attacked Trump, the Republican candidate: “We don’t need four more years of bluster, clumsiness and chaos. We’ve seen that movie before, and we all know the sequel is usually worse. “
He also described the businessman as “a constant stream of complaints and grievances, with conspiracy theories“This strange obsession with crowds, with sizes,” Obama said ironically about Trump’s statements about the supposed massive attendance at his events.
The presidential binomial formed by Harris – Waltz began his campaign running behind in the polls. However, after the decision of Biden After giving up her re-election and after Kamala’s first weeks as a candidate, the Democratic Party is beginning to equalize the bid in an electoral contest that, in Obama’s words, “It will remain a close race in a divided country“.
Beyond the ceremony, Obama’s speech had one main objective: to align the entire party’s support behind Harris. In this regard, the former president was clear: “The United States is ready for a new chapterWe are ready for President Kamala Harris. And Kamala Harris is ready for the job“.
Finally, Michelle Obama was also a speaker at the event and said that “something magical is happening now.” Then, the wife of the former president concluded: “USA, hope has returned”.
Kamala Harris’ first campaign promise
In the midst of her election campaign, Harris announced what will be one of her first strong measures if she is elected president: the Democratic candidate plans to increase the corporate tax rate at 28%.
This was confirmed by Harris’ campaign spokesman, James Singerwho described the measure as “a fiscally responsible way to put money back into the pockets of working people and ensure that billionaires and large corporations pay their fair share.” The measure would build on legislation signed by former President Trump in 2017, which drastically reduced the guy from the corporate tax from 35% to 21%.
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This legislation could be a shot in the arm Billions of dollars in the face of a new Government. According to estimates by the Congressional Budget Officea nonpartisan organization, the increase of a percentage point in the corporate tax rate corresponds to about US$100 billion in a decade.
“As president, Kamala Harris will focus on creating a middle-class opportunity economy that advances her economic security, stability and dignity” Singer added. In contrast, during his election campaign Trump declared that he would seek to further cut taxes. taxeseven to companies, if he is the winner of the electoral contest.
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