Soon after former US President Donald Trump delivered a final pitch to the Christian conservative crowd, stating that if they vote for him on Election Day, they would never be obligated to vote again, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s campaign team hit back. They accused Trump of intending to undermine democracy, as reported by US-based ABC News.
The Harris campaign criticized Trump’s comment, where he suggested that Christians vote this one time and then wouldn’t have to vote again. They called this an attempt by Trump “to end democracy.”
“I don’t care how, but you have to get out and vote. Christians, get out and vote just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It’ll be fixed,” Trump reportedly said, according to ABC News.
Trump, who expressed his affection for Christians and claimed to be one himself, reiterated, “I love you, Christians. I’m a Christian. I love you, get out, you gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again, we’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”
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In response, Harris for President Spokesperson James Singer stated, “When Vice President Harris says this election is about freedom, she means it. Our democracy is under assault by criminal Donald Trump.”
“Donald Trump wants to take America backward, to a politics of hate, chaos, and fear – this November, America will unite around Vice President Kamala Harris to stop him,” Singer added.
Trump also expressed gratitude for the prayers that he claimed saved his life two weeks ago following an assassination attempt. “We want to thank each and every one of the believers in this room for your prayers and your incredible support. I really did appreciate it. Something was working, that we know, something was working. I stand before you tonight, thanks to the power of prayer and the grace of Almighty God,” he said.
Trump’s remarks drew comparisons to his previous statements about potentially being a dictator and not leaving the White House. He also intensified his attacks on Harris during his address at the Turning Point USA Believers’ Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida, alleging that she harbors negative sentiments towards Jews and Israel. Trump criticized Harris for not attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent address to Congress, asserting, “She doesn’t like Jewish people, she doesn’t like Israel,” despite Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, being Jewish.
In his Friday speech, Trump asked the crowd, “Does everyone here understand the radical left ideology Kamala supports is really militantly hostile towards Americans of faith?” He labeled Harris as “the most incompetent, unpopular, and far-left vice president in American history,” and referred to her as a “bum.”
Harris’s campaign quickly responded to Trump’s remarks with a statement criticizing his speech: “Donald Trump… insulted the faith of Jewish and Catholic Americans, lied about the election (again)… bragged about repealing Roe, proposed cutting billions in education funding, announced he would appoint more extremist judges, revealed he planned to fill a second Trump term with more criminals like himself, attacked lawful voting.”
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