Vice President Kamala Harris delivered Democrats’ counterprogramming to the Republican National Convention on Thursday in a campaign speech assailing the policy plans of former President Donald Trump and his running mate.
Harris’ speech in Fayetteville, North Carolina, comes at a pivotal moment for the Biden campaign and for the vice president. President Joe Biden, who was sidelined from the campaign trail this week after contracting Covid-19, is facing calls from within his party to drop out of the presidential contest. Harris is widely viewed as a leading contender to step in as the Democratic nominee.
She praised Biden and the administration throughout her speech as she slammed Republicans for their policies on a host of issues including energy, manufacturing and health care.
“This race can be boiled down to a single question: Who fights for you? Now we know whose side our President Joe Biden is on,” she said. “I have been a firsthand witness. With every decision he makes in the Oval Office, he thinks about how it will impact working Americans.”
