During her first week on the campaign trail, Kamala Harris wasted no time in laying out her economic vision for America’s middle class if she beats Republican rival Donald Trump in November’s US election.
“Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency,” she told a roaring crowd of voters at a high school gym in Wisconsin on Tuesday. “But Donald Trump wants to take your country backwards.”
The putative Democratic candidate is already embracing the most popular parts of Joe Biden’s plans and legislative achievements while drawing a contrast with Trump’s proposals — and hoping that she will be less tarnished than the president by the cost of living crisis that has unfolded in recent years.