US Presidential Election: Kamala Harris delivers closing pitch to voters in Washington DC

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The vice president spoke at the Ellipse in Washington DC, the same site where Donald Trump told his supporters to 'fight like hell' shortly before the 2021 Capitol riot.

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00:00Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has urged voters to turn the page and start writing

00:06the next chapter in her closing campaign speech in Washington, D.C.

00:12Delivering her message from the same site where Donald Trump spoke shortly before the

00:162021 Capitol riot, Harris vowed to put the country above party and above self.

00:24I pledge to seek common ground and common sense solutions to make your life better.

00:32I am not looking to score political points.

00:36I am looking to make progress.

00:39I pledge to listen to experts, to those who will be impacted by the decisions I make,

00:48and to people who disagree with me.

00:50Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy.

00:57He wants to put them in jail.

01:00I'll give them a seat at the table.

01:04Harris went on to list key policy goals, including expanding Medicare coverage of home health

01:10care, boosting the supply of housing in the country, and working to restore nationwide

01:15access to abortion.

01:17Meanwhile, a statement released by the Trump campaign accused the vice president of resorting

01:22to lying and name-calling in her speech.

01:26It comes after Trump called his closing rally at Madison Square Garden a love-fest, despite

01:32featuring a number of crude remarks by various speakers.

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