VP Harris spoke to reporters on the tarmac as she departed for campaign stops in Michigan, and opened by slamming the rally. Moments later, she was asked to weigh in on the Nazi comparisons:
VP KAMALA HARRIS: I think last night, Donald Trump’s event at Madison Square Garden really highlighted a point that I’ve been making throughout this campaign.
He is focused and actually fixated on his grievances, on himself and on dividing our country. And it is not in any way something that will strengthen the American family, the American worker.
It is nothing about what he is saying that is actually going to support the aspirations, the dreams and the ambitions of the American people.
It is absolutely something that is intended to, and is, fanning the fuel of trying to divide our country.
And as I’ve said many times, I’ll say tomorrow night, in my speech, there’s a big difference between he and I.
If he were elected on day one, he’s going to be sitting in the Oval Office working on his enemies list on day one by an elected president that affects which I fully intend to be. I will be working on behalf of the American people on my to do list.
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REPORTER: One follow up to your remarks about President Trump’s rally last night. Some people who watch that made comparisons between a rally that happened at Madison Square Garden in 1939 with neo-Nazis or Nazis back then.
Do you see those comparisons?
And can you also expand on what he said and what you said yesterday about Puerto Rico?
VP KAMALA HARRIS: Donald Trump has–. This is not new about him, by the way, is what he did last night. It’s not a discovery. It is just more of the same and maybe more vivid than usual.
Donald Trump spends full time trying to have Americans pulling their finger at each other, fans the fuel of hate and division. And that’s why people are exhausted with him. That’s why people who formerly have supported Donald Trump, have voted for him, are supporting me, voting for me.
People are literally ready to turn the page. They’re tired of it.
In terms of Puerto Rico. I you know, even when I was in the United States Senate, I knowing that Puerto Rico does not have a United States senator. I was intentional about doing what I could as a United States senator to make sure that among my priorities, it included paying attention to the needs of the people on that island, including the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
I have announced also my plan that is about my opportunity, the economy writ large. But it’s specific targets that will include a task force focused on the needs of Puerto Rico, understanding that it has very specific needs in terms of upgrading and repairing its electrical grid, what it needs in terms of investment that will be public private partnerships. And I’m going to continue to do it.
I’m very proud to have the support of folks like Bad Bunny and Jennifer Lopez and others who were supporting me before that nonsense last night at Madison Square Garden and are supporting me because they understand that they want a president of the United States who is about uplifting the people and not berating. Not calling America a garbage can. Which is what Donald Trump– those are the words he has used. So there you go.
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