Harris’ speech offered unity. Trump called the US a “garbage can”
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Harris’ speech offered unity. Trump called the US a “garbage can”

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Chaos and mutual mistrust? Conflict, fear and division? Who can Kamala Harris talk about?

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Let’s see if we can spot the subtle difference this year two presidential candidates’ closing statements.

Vice President Kamala Harris, in front of tens of thousands at the Ellipse in Washington, DCsaid Tuesday night: “The United States of America is the greatest idea ever devised by mankind. A nation big enough to embrace all our dreams, strong enough to withstand any crime or breach between us. And fearless enough to imagine a future of possibility .”

Convicted criminal Donald Trumpin front of a crowd maybe 8,500 in Pennsylvaniasaid Tuesday night: “It’s like we’re a giant garbage can.”

Hmm. Hard to tease out the nuanced distinction between Harris’ graceful rhetoric about our country’s greatness and Trump’s “We suck.” But the difference is there, I promise.

Kamala Harris offers unity and inspiration as Donald Trump divides and degrades

The former president was to resign a weekend rally at Madison Square Garden which contained vile racism, profanity and enough hate speech to, I hope, anger God. The “giant garbage can” has become part of his mess, as he paints America as a criminal nation overrun by immigrant gang members, rapists and murderers. Of course it’s insanely expensive, but it’s all he’s got. That and the lies he sends out like a bloated plum dog.

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Harris spoke from the same place where Trump on January 6, 2021 launched an attack on the US Capitol. The location was completely intentional, as was she infinitely more mature and cohesive message.

“America, for too long we have been preoccupied with too much division, chaos and mutual mistrust.” she said. “And then it can be easy to forget a simple truth: It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to stop pointing fingers. We need to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. It is time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict, the fear and the division.”

Chaos and mutual mistrust? Conflict, fear and division? What can she talk about?

Trump says other Americans represent ‘a great evil’

Earlier in the day, Trump said of the Democrats: “This is a sick group of people, I tell you. There is a great evil. You know, we want to come together as a country, but there is a lot of evil there.”

At his evening rally in Allentown, he continued to go after the Democrats: “How the hell can they win an election with open borders, trans people all, men playing in misogynist roots, let millions of people through an open border completely unchecked, completely unchecked, they come from parts unknown, they come from countries you never even heard of, then you notice they come from prisons and mental hospitals, no, no, they cheat like hell and it’s a damn shame.”

Oh, I see, that’s the fear and chaos and division Harris was referring to. After hearing Trump’s rant, I wish she had said, “We need to stop pointing fingers, and also stop using pushy sentences filled with weird made-up nonsense.”

“As Americans, we rise and fall together”

As recently as Sunday, Trump labeled those who oppose him “the enemy from within.”

Harris, on the other hand, said this from the Ellipse: “The fact that someone disagrees with us does not make them the enemy within. They are family, neighbors, classmates, co-workers. They are fellow Americans, and as Americans we rise and fall together.”

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she said too: “Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t think people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I’m going to give them a seat at the table.”

Harris’ humility versus Trump’s hubris

Harris showed humility — something Trump is allergic to — during his speech: “Look, I’ll be honest with you, I’m not perfect. I make mistakes.”

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump described people who are alleged to exist or not tell him how wonderful he is: “They said he’s the best president we’ve ever had. And then one of them said, ‘Sir, you are the greatest president of my lifetime.’ … I said, ‘Does that include Abe Lincoln?’ Yes, sir. “Does that include George Washington?” Yes, sir. I said, “That’s good.”

The differences are as big as night and day

Harris said: “Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep people divided and afraid of each other. That’s who he is.”

Fact Check: True.

She continued: “But America, I’m here to say: That’s not who we are.”

That part will be decided next week. It’s grace vs trash can.

If God wills, grace prevails.

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