Kamala Harris is launching a new effort to recast Republican opponents as a threat to democracy after former President Trump threatened to use the U.S. military against people he labeled as “Republican.” In part, he said a second Trump term would be a “major risk to the United States.” The enemy within.”
At his campaign rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the vice president showed a montage of footage of former President Donald Trump saying, “Those people are more dangerous than Russia, they're the enemy from within.”
In a speech in Coachella, Calif., on Saturday, President Trump called his Democratic opponents the “enemy within” and said they pose a greater threat to the United States than foreign enemies, running for the Democratic Party. Targeted Congressman Adam Schiff. US Senate.
In a Fox News interview the next day, he repeated the phrase to describe those he claimed were planning to cause “chaos” on Election Day. He said the military should be sent against them.
“A second term for Trump is a great risk and a danger to America. Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged,” Harris told a crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania, after playing the video. spoke.
She went on to say that President Trump poses a danger because he believes people who disagree with him are his enemies.
At the same time, Harris' campaign was announced. new campaign adtitled “The Enemy Within,” features some of Trump's recent creepy comments about his adversaries and warnings from two former members of the president's administration about the dangers posed if Trump is elected. There is.
The 30-second video features footage of President Trump walking in front of a line of helmeted riot police officers, deploying troops on the streets during his presidential term, and featuring footage of Trump walking in front of a line of helmeted riot police officers, who served as national security adviser. The author is trying to focus the attention of voters with an article by Olivia Troy. to Mike Pence and former Department of Homeland Security senior adviser Kevin Carroll.
“I remember the day he suggested we shoot people in the street,” Troy says in the ad, which features a dramatic musical soundtrack.
Carroll added, “A second term will be even worse. There will be no stopping his worst instincts. Power without guardrails is unchecked. If we elect Trump again, I They will be in great danger.”
Harris, who has been accused of avoiding the media for weeks and embarked on high-profile interviews late in the campaign, has sought to highlight Trump's increasingly authoritarian tone at his rallies. .
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Trump's use of extreme language coincides with his increasing vitriol in describing Harris as “mentally ill” last week. The New York Times reported that he called her “retarded” during a speech to Republican fundraisers in September.
The Harris campaign is also trying to draw attention to the fact that Trump has been denied mainstream interviews, choosing instead to give more sympathetic interviews, including with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt.
“As of today, it has been **one month** since President Trump has been interviewed by mainstream media, as he declined 60 Minutes and refuses to debate again.” Harris campaign spokesperson Ian Sams Posted on Twitter/X.
By contrast, Harris is scheduled to be interviewed by Bret Baier on Fox News on Wednesday. Fox News is typically a go-to platform for President Trump, but it is in a poor position for Democrats.
