Wisconsin. is out and
Democrats are now chanting Kamala Harris's name, taking a
page from the Republicans unifying around Trump last week,
the Democratic Party this week quickly united behind Harris and
secured the necessary delegate pledges to all but guarantee her
nomination. That came mere days after Biden announced he was no
longer planning to run. Kamala Harris already had a planned
visit to Milwaukee this week, but as the vice presidential
candidate instead, as Murv Seymour reports, the event
became her first official campaign stop as candidate for
president. Hello. Wisconsin. >> Do we have Milwaukee in the
House today? >> Oh, the energy is high.
>> A special summertime pep rally. I think her, saying that
she's going to run has re-energized the party.
his is the land of Kamala Harris.
center court inside the Bulldogs gymnasium at
West Allis Central High School. >> She's ready to prosecute the
case against Donald Trump. >> Surrounded by tight Secret
Service protection, this rally has presidential implications,
and we are united around Kamala and people in the stands like
Julie Landry know it. >> She brings experience. She
brings excellence. She brings commitment. She brings
dedication. She brings intelligence. She brings energy.
She brings hope. >> She can continue the work
that Biden's done so far in the past four years, continue to
build on the economy, that he's kind of set a good baseline for
and really take us to new places.
've come to see history in the making. As
Vice President Kamala Harris declares, game on. In her sudden
run for the white House. >> For me, at my age, to see a
woman on that podium running for president means everything to
me. Plank between the state and American flags.
e the Republican National Convention was held
less than eight miles away. >> So are you with me to roll up
your sleeves and elect Kamala Harris?
>> Candidate Harris comes to this suburban Milwaukee
community with the support of some union groups, the
Democratic National Party and Wisconsin Democrats.
have a simple question for you. Are you ready to elect
Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States?
>> Some of the state's top liberals welcome her with their
endorsements, and they want Wisconsinites and the nation to
do the same. >> There's a reason that she's
kicking things off right here in Wisconsin, because we are the
battleground state. >> Yesterday, I joined my
favorite Midwestern governors, J.B. Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer,
and Tim Walz, to announce that I am all in on Kamala Harris in
this, the first campaign stop of her 2024 presidential bid,
candidate Harris gets an energized welcome from an
enthused crowd of about 3000 supporters.
>> Thank you all. >> Thank you.
>> Like the speakers before Harris. Thanks, Joe Biden, who
withdrew from reelection 48 hours before this event.
>> Joe's legacy of accomplishment over his entire
career and over the past three and a half years is unmatched in
modern history, with a hint of her campaign slogan, Harris
makes her case against former president and Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump. Donald Trump intends to
cut Social Security and Medicar. He intends to give tax breaks to
billionaires and big ions and make working
families foot the bill they intend to end the Affordable
Care Act with childhood ties in nearby Madison, Vice President
Harris tells this crowd she knows the path to the
presidency, cuts through West Allis and all of Wisconsin, so
Wisconsin, today, I ask you, are you ready to get to work? Do we
believe in freedom? >> Do we believe in opportunity?
>> Do we believe in the promise of America? And are we ready to
fight for it? And when we fight, we win.
>> As Harris wraps up her visit just outside the gymnasium, a
huge Trump flag flies high as a handful of supporters lined the
streets as a reminder that it's now team Trump versus Team
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