2024-10-31
10 分钟All eyes were on the vice president last night for her ‘closing argument’ in Washington DC. But have comments made by Joe Biden overshadowed the occasion? Lauren Gambino reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
This is the Guardian from the Guardians today.
In focus, this is US Election Extra with me, Lucy Hoff today, can she close the deal?
This election is more than just a choice between two parties and two different candidates.
Kamala Harris makes her pitch to the American people in a major sport in Washington.
It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American or ruled by chaos and division.
Feeding off the energy of a crowd of 75,000 people, she took the fight.
To Donald Trump on day one.
If elected, Donald Trump would walk into that office with an enemies list.
When elected, I will walk in with a to do list.
With me is Lauren Gambino.
And Lauren, you're speaking to us from Washington D.C.
hello.
Hi.
Thank you so much for having me.
Lovely to have you.
Over the last few weeks, you've been closely following the Harris campaign and you were there last night at this event at the Ellipse in D.C.
so we were talking on yesterday's show about how she had two big jobs with this speech.
One was to draw a sharp contrast with Donald Trump, but also she needed to present a positive vision for the country under her administration.
How did she do?
I think she did well.