Kamala Harris to hold symbolic closing argument speech on Ellipse

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The Kamala Harris presidential campaign announced Wednesday that the Vice President will hold a “closing argument” speech on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

The speech, held a week before Election Day, will take place on the National Ellipse outside of the White House. Harris will stand in the same place where Donald Trump held his “stop the steal” rally on January 6th, 2021.

At that rally, Trump sent a mob from the Ellipse to the Capitol in an effort to violently overturn the 2020 election. The mob erected gallows on the Capitol lawn, chanting to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence. The Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol assaulted numerous Capitol Police officers and ransacked the building.

According to The Washington Post, Harris is expected to remind the American people of January 6th and the danger Trump poses to democracy.

Beyond that, officials expect Harris to also give details about how she will lead the country forward. A key message from the Harris campaign has been a call to “turn the page” on Donald Trump.

Now, with just days to go before the 2024 election comes to a close, Harris hopes to garner enough support from American voters to do exactly that.

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Kamala Harris’s closing speech on the Ellipse comes as a tied race enters its final stretch

Harris is currently essentially tied with Trump in most national and swing state polls.

As of Thursday morning, the election forecast 538 showed Harris with a 48% chance of winning the election. Trump had a 52% chance of winning.

The election will undoubtedly come down to a handful of voters across seven swing states. Voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are nearly evenly split between Harris and Trump.

With every vote essential in this divided election, the Harris team is hoping that a series of high-profile events at the Ellipse and elsewhere will help move the needle.

Days before her speech on the Ellipse, Kamala Harris will appear alongside Beyoncé in at a campaign event in Houston. Meanwhile, Trump will headline a closing event at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday afternoon.