Us Harris caps conference with name to quit Gaza battle .

Kamala Harris caps  conference  with  name  to  quit  Gaza  battle ,  combat  tyranny

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CHICAGO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris  officially  popular  the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a rousing  name  to  quit  the  battle  in Gaza and to  combat  tyranny  across the  world, drawing  a pointy  assessment  with Republican Donald Trump.
"In  the iconic  battle  among  democracy and tyranny, I  recognize  in which  I stand and I  recognize  in which  america  belongs," Harris  stated , accusing Trump of bowing  right all the way down to  dictators.
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On the  very last , and  maximum  anticipated,  night time  of the four-day Chicago  conference , Harris, 59, promised to chart a "New Way Forward" as she and Trump, 78,  input  the  very last  eleven  weeks of the razor-  near  marketing campaign .
Harris emerged  because the  Democratic candidate little  greater  than a month  in the past  whilst  allies of President Joe Biden, 81,  compelled  him to  stop  the race.
It  became  a forceful speech for a candidate who,  in the course of  her  short  marketing campaign , had  but  to articulate  plenty  of her  imaginative and prescient  for the  u . s . a .  and  confronted  a  circulation  of private  assaults  from Trump, who mocked her Black and South Asian  background  and  known as  her  vulnerable  at the  overseas  degree .
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The speech laid out  a few  wide  coverage  principles,  overseas  and domestic,  however  left unsaid  unique  information  which in weeks  to return back  she  can be  forced  to provide.
After days of protests from Palestinian supporters who  had been  dissatisfied  at  now no longer  getting a  talking  spot on the  conference , Harris  added  a pledge to  steady  Israel,  convey  the hostages  domestic  from Gaza and  quit  the  battle  withinside the  Palestinian enclave.


"President Biden and I are  operating  to  quit  this  battle  such that Israel is  steady , the hostages are released, the  struggling  in Gaza ends and the Palestinian  human beings  can  recognize  their  proper  to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination."
In  a number of  her  most powerful  overseas  coverage  statements to date, Harris  stated  she  could  take  some thing  motion  became  essential  to  protect  U.S.  pastimes  in opposition to  Iran and  could  now no longer  comfy  as much as  tyrants and dictators.
She  stated  such leaders,  together with  North Korea's Kim Jong Un, "are rooting for Trump."
She vowed  to face  with Ukraine in its  battle  in opposition to  Russia and with NATO allies.
HARRIS WOULD BE FIRST FEMALE U.S. PRESIDENT

Item 1  of twenty-two  Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the  degree  on Day  four  of the Democratic National Convention (DNC)  on the  United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid
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If successful, Harris stands to make  records  because the  first  lady  elected U.S. president.
She  defined  the Nov.  five  election as a "precious, fleeting  possibility  to transport  beyond  the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the  beyond . A  risk  to chart a New Way Forward."
Harris drew  a chain  of contrasts with Trump, accusing him of  now no longer  preventing  for the  center  class,  making plans  to enact a tax hike  thru  his tariff proposals, and having set in  movement  the  quit  of a constitutional  proper  to abortion  together along with his  choices  for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Harris  stated  the Supreme Court's  current  ruling  approximately  presidential immunity and the  dangers  that could  engender if Trump  won  electricity  again.
"Just  believe  Donald Trump  and not using a  shield  rails," she  stated .
Trump, who had promised to  reply  to Harris' speech in  actual  time,  published  a chain  of messages on Truth Social as she spoke  approximately  him,  together with : "She stands for Incompetence and Weakness – Our Country is being laughed at  all around the  World!" and "She will  by no means  be  reputable  through  the Tyrants of the World!"
FINAL NIGHT
Chicago's United Center brimmed with energy – and  human beings . The  area 's 23,500 seats  had been  crammed  and  area  workforce  in brief  blocked  greater  human beings  from  coming into  the facility,  announcing  the city's  hearthplace  marshal declared the  constructing  at capacity.
After Harris ended her speech,  one hundred ,000 balloons descended  at the  crowd, a  conference  reputable  stated . Inflating them took  seventy five  volunteers, 30  workforce  contributors  and a dozen unionized  degree  hands.
Biden  known as  Harris to  want  her  good fortune  earlier than  her speech, a White House spokesperson  stated .
On Thursday  night time , Harris  stated  she can be able to  byskip  a center  tax  reduce  in an effort to  advantage  greater  than  one hundred  million Americans.
She  mentioned  her plans to  combat  for abortion rights,  vote casting  rights legislation,  enhance  the housing  deliver  and ban what she has  known as  "  charge  gouging"  through  grocers. Her  marketing campaign  has  additionally  proposed  elevating  the  company  tax  fee  from 21% to 28%.
Before the speech,  lots  of Palestinian supporters  once more  accumulated  to protest U.S.  aid  for Israel  because it  wages  battle  in Gaza. The  trouble  is  one of the  maximum  divisive  amongst  Democrats and  were given  little  interest  on the  conference ,  that may  harm  Democrats  on the  polls.
Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement, which mobilized  almost  750,000  citizens  to withhold  aid  for Biden  in the course of  the presidential primaries, entered the venue linking  fingers  and took their seats. Members spent Wednesday  night time  at the  sidewalk  outdoor  the  conference  to protest the DNC's rejection  in their  request for a Palestinian speaker.
Harris has raised a record-breaking $500 million in a month and narrowed  the distance  or taken the lead  in opposition to  Trump  in lots of  opinion polls of battleground states. Nationwide, she leads Trump 46.6% to 43.8%,  in keeping with  a compilation of polls  through  FiveThirtyEight.
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Reporting  through  Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason, Doina Chiacu, Trevor Hunnicutt, Stephanie Kelly, Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw, Julio-Cesar Chavez; Additional reporting  through  Nathan Layne; Writing  through  Doina Chiacu and Andy Sullivan; Editing  through  Heather Timmons and Howard Goller

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