Why the 'weird' label is working for Kamala Harris10 Aug 2024 12:02
"They're weird."
With that simple diss - as well as an overall more streamlined message - Vice-President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has shifted the conversation away from the weaknesses of her boss, President Joe Biden, and shone a spotlight on her opponent, Donald Trump.
The change of tone was on full display at rallies this week, where she appeared with her new vice-presidential pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. With Beyonce's Freedom as their soundtrack, the pair made the case that they were out to protect American freedoms while their "weird" Republican opponents, Trump and his running mate JD Vance, threatened to take them away.
"We’re not going back," Ms Harris told an enthusiastic crowd in Philadelphia, leading a chorus of what has become the campaign's de-facto slogan.
It is a stripped-back version of Mr Biden’s 2020 message - that Trump is a “threat to democracy” - that casts the former president as out of touch with American life.
Watch key moments from first Harris-Walz campaign rally
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