STORY: :: Kamala Harris implies Trump is a ‘coward’ at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania

:: August 18, 2024

:: Rochester, Pennsylvania

“This campaign is about a recognition that, frankly, over the last several years, there’s been this kind of perversion that has taken place, I think, which is to suggest, that the measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down, when what we know is the real and true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up. [AUDIENCE APPLAUDS] That’s what we see as strength. We know what strength looks like. That’s what strength looks like. Anybody who’s about beating down other people is a coward.”

“Let’s build community. Let’s reinforce community. You all as volunteers, what you know, and we’re going to spread the word is how you can look at the face of a perfect stranger and see in their face a neighbor. That we see in each other our connection, our interdependence, what we see in each other, which fortifies and reinforces that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. That’s what this campaign is about. Yes, it is about winning. And we will win. And we will win.”

The remarks came in a campaign appearance as she toured the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania with running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, before Harris heads to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which kicks off Monday (August 19).

She did not directly name Trump, who in a campaign appearance Saturday in eastern Pennsylvania referred to Harris as a “radical” and a “lunatic.”

Opinion polls have shown Harris bringing fresh energy to the campaign and closing the gap with former President Trump both nationally and in many of the eight highly competitive states including Pennsylvania that will play a decisive role in picking Democratic President Joe Biden’s successor.