Kamala Harris calls for a ‘new generation of leadership’ in Washington speech

Vice-president strikes hopeful tone in remarks delivered from site of Trump's speech before deadly January 6 attack

With the White House illuminated behind her, Kamala Harris asked the vanishing slice of undecided Americans to elect a new generation of leadership", likening Donald Trump to a petty tyrant" who had stood in the very same spot nearly four years ago and, in a last-gasp effort to cling to power, helped incite the mob that stormed the US Capitol.

The choice between her and Trump in the deadlocked presidential contest was about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American or ruled by chaos and division", Harris said, from the Ellipse near the White House's South Lawn, where tens of thousands of supporters gathered one week before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast.